Could Valentino Rossi's men have been fooled by emissaries claiming to represent big interests from Saudi Arabia? This is clearly the question that has been asked since this Austrian Grand Prix by the Italian media. The news of an agreement relating to major projects with millions of euros at stake caused a stir in a MotoGP paddock with an ecosystem put to the test by the health crisis. We will recall, in passing, that Petronas will throw in the towel in 2022. If this affair with the Tanal Entertainment brand turns out to be a fake, it would hurt the MotoGP planet...
The posh VR46 with beautiful Ducati and supported by Saudis with unlimited resources, is it ultimately just a mirage? The specter of a large-scale scam appears more and more clearly as the days pass without the slightest positive communication on the subject. Because the famous big press conference since Riyadh by a great Saudi prince still has not found a date.
Meanwhile, Mowmag recalls that as soon as an agreement including the name of Aramco was announced, this brand denied it. The impression of many is that there is something to be said about the intermediary company with which the men of Vale signed the contract, Tanal Entertainment. And that those who present themselves as emissaries of Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Saud would only be margoulins.
Rossi: "I hope everything is okay"
Valentino Rossi and his family have had lawyers and accountants work in recent weeks to see things through. But the answers would not have been reassuring, as the Doctor suggested during the press conference: “I don't know what the latest developments are“, he admitted, not displaying great confidence, “but I hope everything goes well, because it would be a good project. Let's see in the coming days and weeks what will happen and we hope that everything goes well. I'm not the best person to talk about this, as I haven't been following the latest developments. In any case, they gave us certainty and said that everything was fine, so I tend to trust the people I've spoken to".
In any case, the matter is being followed very closely by the promoter Dorna. Because if all this turned out to be like a tale from the thousand and one nights, there would be consequences on the image of a paddock with resources which are not unlimited.
