Given the results obtained, it is difficult to remember that the VR46 team was, this season, in its very first experience in MotoGP. Certainly, there was a sort of repetition with Avintia in 2021, but this is indeed the big leap that Valentino Rossi's men made in 2022. And it was a success which the chef is all the more delighted with on the pitch Alessio “Uccio” Salucci as the boss is also very happy with the turn of events.
At Gresini, we launched for the first time with Ducati, with four victories brought back by Enea Bastianini, but we already had solid experience in MotoGP. For the VR46, it is only beginning to be acquired. But it's already very promising. After a first campaign, we note that Marco Bezzecchi finished as rookie of the year with a podium at Assen and a pole position at Buriram. On the other side of the box, Luca marini garnered ten results in the top 10, including two fourth places.
This is all the more remarkable since Uccio recalls: “ our team is still very young, it comes from Moto2, so to speak. As we do with the drivers, we also do it a little with our guys in the pits. We believe in them because we know their value, even if we struggled a little at first due to lack of experience ". From then on, success has a more special taste: “ I'm really satisfied. We worked hard on all fronts, especially in Tavullia. I am proud of our employees and our pilots. Vale is also very happy, he is very happy ».
VR46: “ thanks also to Ducati for providing us with some truly impressive motorcycles«
The manager continues on the airwaves of speedweek : " If someone had told me in February of this year that we would have a season like this, I would have signed with my eyes closed. The results are very positive : Bez is Rookie of The Year, but Maro has always been very fast, especially in the last races of the season. Bez also had a podium and we finished 4th on several occasions. As a team we found ourselves not far behind the factory Suzuki team and ahead of Repsol Honda. I am really happy, but at the same time I'm a guy who can never take advantage of a situation like that. Because you always have to try to keep working, to improve and to find something to be better next year ».
Uccio adds an argument which will undoubtedly despair Lynn Jarvis... " Thanks also to Ducati for providing us with some truly impressive motorcycles. When you have motorcycles like these which are so fast and – in quotes – so easy to ride, everything is going better ". Then he ends with the trademark of the VR46 : " it's really a great project, also because it is with our pilots that we have worked since they were little. I held Luca in my arms for the first time when he was two days old. That makes it very special ».
« It's easier as a team if you take the one who is strongest. We, on the other hand, take them under our wing when they are young. We build them and we hope they will grow strong… The work behind it is hard to imagine. I don't want to criticize what others do, I just explain how we do it » finishes the team director VR46 and VR46 Riders Academy.
