Nicolo Bulega is to leave both the VR46 Riders Academy and Sky Racing VR46 Moto2 Team at the end of this season. The young Italian won the 2015 CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship for Valentino Rossi's Junior Team, leading to a VR46 grand prix ride the following year.
Valentino Rossi says his Sky Racing VR46 team will be the “protagonists” in the Moto2 and Moto3 world title battles and has urged his riders to relish the fight in 2019.
Roberto Locatelli has been officially confirmed as a new coach at Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy following the presentation of the 2019 livery for its Moto2 and Moto3 squads.
For the third year in succession, Valentino Rossi's VR46 team used a live TV appearance on the Italian version of X-Factor to unveil next season's Moto3 and Moto2 racing livery. The latest colours now include a grey seat area and chrome blue lines.
Two performances, a year apart, helped inspire Valentino Rossi to a podium finish in the German MotoGP. The first was by Jonas Folger, who battled Marc Marquez for victory as a rookie at the Sachsenring in 2017, riding a satellite Yamaha.