The Belgian Marc VDS Racing team of the inimitable Count Marc van der Straten was in the news last weekend at the WSBK paddok, meeting in Imola. And for good reason: the colors of the beast will appear on the 2024 starting grid of the category reserved for machines from the series. And not to make up the numbers since the bike lined up will be nothing more or less than a Ducati Panigale V4R with Sam Lowes on it. We therefore risk talking about this structure again in what will be a new environment for it. But Paolo Ciabatti assured that Ducati will be there to assist. Yes but then, what about Moto2 next year? The adventure will continue, with new faces.
And among these heads, it is a safe bet that we will find a certain Filip Salac. The Czech, currently sixth in the Moto2 World Championship, has publicly confirmed that he will leave his current box at Gresini Racing after the current season. “ I would like to thank Gresini Racing for all the results and experiences we have shared so far, but I will leave the team at the end of 2023. My manager Jan Stovicek and I thought a lot and decided it was time for a change ».
Ai Ogura and Marc VDS Racing would be in close contact
According to speedweek, Salac replace Sam Lowes in the Marc VDS Moto2 team in 2024. But that's not all. We know that the current leader of the Moto2 World Championship, Tony Arbolino, tries to realize his MotoGP ambition with his manager Charles Pernat, and it would be for the Gresini Ducati team where we also talk about Johann zarco, in the case where Bezzecchi would go to Pramac, or even now to a Joan mir desperate, without forgetting a certain Franco Morbidelli...
If, despite everything, the Italian turns out to be the first choice at Gresini, it is Ai Ogura which would arrive at Marc VDS Racing. A revelation of Moto sprint who would take the Japanese out of the fold Honda.
