While Valentino Rossi successfully achieved his target of reaching the flag of his first 24-hour car race, there will be some thoughts of ‘what could have been’ all the same following a startling turnaround in fortunes four hours into the race.
Iron Lynx heads into Superpole for the 2022 24 Hours of Spa as the firm favourites to lead the field for Saturday’s endurance race after securing a comfortable 1-2 in qualifying, but there was disappointment for Valentino Rossi as the VR46 WRT Audi just missed the Superpole cut.
Defending 24 Hours of Spa winners Iron Lynx Ferrari landed the top spot at the end of a twice-interrupted pre-qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps, while Valentino Rossi’s VR46 WRT squad could only manage 59th of the 66 entrants.
Dogged by a ‘frustrating’ lack of acceleration throughout the COTA event, Luca Marini is happy to be heading for one of his favourite circuits, Portimao, this weekend.
After a tough Qatar, Luca Marini returns to the scene of an impressive performance at the Mandalika test. Marco Bezzecchi will renew top rookie quest, 'curious' to see how much of a boost the prior testing knowledge will be.
Mooney VR46 Racing team director Alessio 'Uccio' Salucci says the main goal of the new MotoGP project is to help prepare Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi for a seat at a factory team.
Marco Bezzecchi says adapting to the speed of MotoGP, adjusting the brakes on track and seeing his pit board 'was really tough at the beginning'. Feels significant progress has been made in Mandalika.
In addition to becoming title sponsor of the VR46 MotoGP and Moto2 teams, Mooney will also back Valentino Rossi's car racing adventures and the VR46 Academy.
Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi is looking for ‘a repeat’ of his impressive Misano performance at this weekend’s second Portuguese MotoGP of the season.