It's a little bombshell that Carmelo Ezpeleta, the boss of Dorna, has just dropped on our colleagues at Motorsport.com.
We obviously know the attractive power of Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP world championship and, as the years go by, everyone wonders how the latter will compensate for his drop in interest when the Italian champion retires, undoubtedly at the end of the contract. current which links it to Yamaha until the end of 2018. We are indeed expecting a significant drop in audience and, on Dorna's side, we are looking for all solutions to minimize it as much as possible.
It is in this sense that we can take Carmelo Ezpeleta's latest statement, assuring that Valentino Rossi will have a MotoGP team if he wishes, even if it is necessary to add motorcycles to the grid.
Thus, Dorna rolls out the red carpet in front of the Doctor so that the latter can set up the last step of his VR46 Riders Academy sector which begins in the FIM CEV Repsol Junior Moto3 World Championship and ends for the moment in Moto2 with Francesco Bagnaia and Stefano Manzi at SKY VR46 and Luca Marini and Franco Mordidelli seconded to Forward and Marc VDS.
“What we want is for Valentino Rossi to remain actively in the championship” assured Carmelo Ezpeleta.
After reading this news, millions of fans will undoubtedly be a little less sad when the man from Tavullia hangs up his gloves and helmet...
