Barely re-elected as president of the FIM with a score close to unanimity, Jorge Viegas began his new four-year mandate by affirming that, according to his sources, the VR46 team in MotoGP would ride with two Yamahas from 2024 instead of and place of its Ducati, although guaranteed by contract until the beginning of 2025. And Valentino Rossi's men were quick to respond, through the voice of Uccio Salucci.
It's World Cup time with football so Uccio Salucci dismissed Jorge Viegas in his goals by regaining control of a file that he alone took the initiative to open while being very far from things on the ground, and which concerns Yamaha looking for its satellite team for 2024. For the president of the END, he would have found with the VR46.
An initiative that the Italians decided to counter politely but also firmly. We thus read from Uuccio on GP One : “It’s a never-ending story… Before they said we would have the Yamahas in 2023, now everything has been postponed to 2024 ". Once the humor is over, Alessio 'Uccio' Salucci, team principal of the VR46, puts things back on track: “ I don't know why Viegas dropped this bomb, it's a bit strange because we don't know anything about it. For the umpteenth time I repeat that we have a three-year contract with Ducati which will expire in 2024, with the possibility of renewing it for two more years. We will certainly respect it, and then we will see in 2025 whether to continue or not. As I always said, for us the important thing is to have competitive bikes ».
VR46: “ I don't know how this rumor was born but if there is something true, it would be better if someone communicated it to us too«
An imperative which keeps Lin Jarvis away from the motorhome in the colors of Valentino Rossi… “ D’un personal point of view, I hope Yamaha will be competitive, because I will not deny that we are linked by a relationship of affection and Morbidelli, who is a pilot from our Academy, rides with them. But this is not a desire linked to the VR46 team " highlighted Salucci.
He adds : " I don't know how this rumor was born, if there is something true, it would be better if they communicated it to us too. Seriously, we get along well with Ducati, the bikes go fast and Marini and Les Bezzecchi are very happy, so our path is to continue with them ».
Finally, if new there is on the side of this team which makes it roll Luca marini et Marco Bezzecchi, it will be to announce an internal ingredient: “ there will be new things, we are growing and it is right to change something at the internal organization level. These days we have many meetings with Vale, between the end of this year and the beginning of the next we will communicate what we are going to change and how » he finishes.
