After spending six years at his brother Valentino Rossi's VR46 team, in Moto2 and then MotoGP, Luca Marini makes a fresh start as a Repsol Honda rider in 2024.
VR46 team director Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has revealed that Fermin Aldeguer isn’t the only Moto2 rider in contention to take over Luca Marini’s MotoGP seat for 2024.
Marco Bezzecchi may have slipped out of mathematical MotoGP title contention at Sepang last Sunday, but he can wrap up third in the world championship in Qatar this weekend.
Luca Marini was in the action in the Thailand MotoGP sprint from the off and collected a top three finish, but could not catch eventual winner Jorge Martin
Riding just five days after surgery on a fractured collarbone, the last thing Marco Bezzecchi needed was a fast fall at the end of opening practice at the Indonesian MotoGP.
All eyes are now on the slim 13-point gap between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin at the head of the MotoGP standings, but if Marco Bezzecchi can repeat his Indian Grand Prix form he has plenty of time to join the title fight.
Pertamina, title sponsor of the Indonesian MotoGP round and SAG Moto2 team, is ‘in discussions’ to replace Mooney as main sponsor of Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team.
While Johann Zarco’s switch from Ducati to Honda for MotoGP 2024 has raised some eyebrows, Luca Marini thinks the Frenchman was “correct to accept that opportunity.”