Rossi Goes Red...

[Yorick]

I always assumed he'd go to Yamaha but Italian team, Italian bikes and Italian riders is catchy.


https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news ... otogp-deal

[weeksy]

Makes a lot of sense... they'll sell Merch for WAY more than they put into this on the VR46 name. Win win for Ducati...

As long as he doesn't ride it

[Yorick]

Makes a lot of sense... they'll sell Merch for WAY more than they put into this on the VR46 name. Win win for Ducati...

As long as he doesn't ride it

I'm sure he'll get to ride it in some test or development capacity.

[lostboy]

Ducati buying up the grid in a bid to get that world title - just the eight bikes, or a third of the total entry.

[Yorick]

Ducati buying up the grid in a bid to get that world title - just the eight bikes, or a third of the total entry.

They should be applauded. Imagine if they pulled out.

[Skub]

Ducati buying up the grid in a bid to get that world title - just the eight bikes, or a third of the total entry.

Well,they might win the constructors title anyway.

[Bigyin]

I thought we all thought he was going to get the Suzuki B team bikes

[Couchy]

Is this with the backing of the dodgy Middle East money ?

[KungFooBob]

Is this with the backing of the dodgy Middle East money ?

Yup.

I read an article earlier saying 'The Prince' had asked him to stay another year in MotoGP.

[Yorick]

Is this with the backing of the dodgy Middle East money ?

Yup.

I read an article earlier saying 'The Prince' had asked him to stay another year in MotoGP.

I don't think Dorna or Ducati would like that idea.

[Bigyin]

Is this with the backing of the dodgy Middle East money ?

The money that was the named sponsor of most of the banners at a lot of F1 races over last season and this year and was the title sponsor for the Bahrain F1 race .....they are here to stay so might as well take some of their oil profits into our sports rather than letting the F1 prima donnas get it all

[Supermofo]

Damn I was hoping Rossi would go with Suzuki. Great to have more bikes but I'd have preferred them to be blue rather than red.

[KungFooBob]

I wonder if there's anything in the contract about them having to have some red on them?

If not he could paint them blue

[Supermofo]

I wonder if there's anything in the contract about them having to have some red on them?

If not he could paint them blue

Actually it's funny cos I have no idea why I have a soft spot for Suzuki. I've never owned one in all the years I've been riding. I think it must be cos of Barry Sheene when I was really little and Schwantz when I actually started getting into bike racing. The GSXS 750/Thou are on my potential next bike list partly cos I've never owned a Suzuki. Odd.

[Tomcat]

When Tech 3 went to KTM I expected that to leave a space for the VR team to step in to race the Yamaha satellite bikes under their colours. But with Rossi signing up to ride for a few more years in search of a title he was never going to win, I figured the Petronas banner was just to tide them over until Rossi was ready. Rossi moving to the satellite team seemed to confirm this as clearly he would understand the strengths and weaknesses of the team having ridden for them. But now it looks like Petronas have decided to stay on and Rossi has gone shopping. I guess Ducati makes as much sense as any, clearly they have the grunt and they're happy to supply bikes. Whether this was a conscious choice or Yamaha being unwilling to supply more bikes, who knows. Anyhoo, hopefully this will herald his retirement at long last, good luck to him in the new venture.

[weeksy]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/99497 ... le-sponsor

Mooney replaces Aramco as VR46 MotoGP title sponsor

Italian banking and payments company Mooney is to be the new VR46 title sponsor in MotoGP and Moto2.

VR46 looks to have finally given up on the delayed Aramco sponsorship by announcing that Italian 'Proximity Banking & Payments company' Mooney is to be its new title sponsor.

Mooney will be backing both the new MotoGP project of Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi as well as the continuing Moto2 team with Celestino Vietti and Niccolo Antonelli.