Marco Bezzecchi has continued to gain momentum since joining the ranks of MotoGP. A distinguished academician of the VR46 incubator of champions located in Tavullia, he honored his first year among the elite as it should be, by winning the coveted status of rookie of the year. Then he accelerated his rise by winning the Argentine Grand Prix with authority and leading the current world championship for two rounds. Ahead of this weekend's French Grand Prix, he took stock of his situation, making no secret of the fact that, without Valentino Rossi, he would be nothing. Certainly, but then what do you do when the first opponent to beat is your half-brother Luca Marini, your teammate?
When you have to fight against your boss's half-brother, don't you risk suffering at some point from unfairness, based on the principle that blood ties always lead to a certain favoritism? This question arises within the VR46 team in MotoGP where we have a Marco Bezzecchi, now winner in the category and who led the general classification for a time, opposed to Luca marini, half-brother of Valentino Rossi, who took his first MotoGP podium in Austin.
In an interview at speedweek, Marco Bezzecchi answers this sensitive question, with all the more naturalness as it was addressed, and therefore a priori dealt with, within the team VR46 since a long time. And the Italian is certain that he will never be the victim of a family preference on the part of Valentino Rossi : " he has to behave like this, otherwise he would get in trouble with other people! » he announces with a smile. “ Luca is fast and deserves to be here. But Valentino also assures that there are no differences. We have known each other for a long time on this team, which I think is an advantage. Because we know each other very well, we know how we work, what we like and what we don't like on the bike. Vale did a very good job because he gave us some rules at the beginning to keep the good feeling ».
Marco Bezzecchi: “ when one of my friends does something I don't like, I suffer more »
Certainly, but in addition to the boss's half-brother in the team, there are also classmates from the promotion VR46 on the track on the track. All these beautiful people know each other very well, have climbed the summits almost together, have a relationship that goes beyond competition, but find themselves in direct competition on the track for the realization of a career and a life. A fairly unprecedented situation in the history of the competition. How can this be experienced and ended?
There too, Marco Bezzecchi answers : " we have a certain advantage because we train together. This creates a relationship that increases the competitiveness of the group. But when something goes wrong, you suffer more " He explains : " for example, if a pilot I don't know makes a stupid maneuver, I get angry for a moment, but that's it. When one of my friends does something I don't like, I suffer more ».
« Fortunately we always talk about it afterwards, I often talk about it to Franky or Pecco in particular » he specifies before concluding: “ we are all different characters. We must try to make the most of it to maintain our good relations. Of course you want to fight, but at the same time you do everything for each other because we are like brothers ". For the moment, therefore, the cohesion between academicians holds…
