The rumor has been circulating for a while now, and it accelerated when the colors Leopard came out of the woods to test the waters. What is it about ? Of the VR46 structure's takeover of the Avintia MotoGP adventure. Valentino Rossi, who cannot be a stranger to the operation, had tried to calm the noise in the corridors by postponing such a prospect until 2022. But at Le Mans, as part of the French Grand Prix, the two representatives of the two entities, Ruben Xaus and Pablo Nieto, confirmed that negotiations were taking place. And that they went beyond the arrival of Luca Marini in MotoGP…
Enea Bastianini did well to sign a contract Ducati to ensure its rise in MotoGP through the team Avintia. Because if he had made an agreement with the Spanish team, he would have reason to worry. Indeed, the exchanges in the paddock between Reuben Xaus, representative of Raul romero, and Pablo Nieto, who speaks for Valentino Rossi, indicate that the handover with the VR46 team is no longer a matter of thought, but rather ongoing discussions.
On MotoGP.com, Reuben Xaus thus confessed: “ The rumor has been circulating for three months. Now that the team has reached the podium, we have seen that it is difficult to renew these places because we do not have a big budget, so maybe it's time to part ways and give the keys to someone else ».
The former Ducati WSBK rider explains: “ Raul Romero sees that he has a good life in Andorra, so we proposed the situation to the organizers, to the investors and it seems that someone else's approach is there and the possibility is on the table. Now we just need to check who and how ».
We hardly hide anymore
To this question, Paul Grandson responds like an echo: “ there are many chances that Marini will join MotoGP at the end of the season. It seems we are on the right track. The conversations we are having are quite advanced. That's all we're talking about right now and I can't say anything about the form, because these are things that are on the table. For our part, everything is ready and itWhat is clear at the moment is that the team will remain 99% owned by Raul Romero ».
Avintia has been on the MotoGP starting grid since 20212 and is the last of the purely private teams. It is therefore a part of the history of this sport which would come to an end. Furthermore, with his marbles in a MotoGP team, then with Marini, Morbidelli et bagnaia in the category, like himself, Valentino Rossi would be at all strata of the category. This would have a cost, however: the end of the team engaged in Moto3.
Finally, Ducati would be kept. However, the manufacturer makes no comments on the subject which will be exposed in 2022, the expiry of this agreement between the manufacturer and Avintia. And we know that Suzuki is looking for its satellite team, with the old acquaintance of the men of Tavullia Davide Brivio in the maneuver.
