Marco Bezzecchi insists his ‘Plan A’ is still to stay with the VR46 team in MotoGP next season.
“As you already know my plan A would be to stay in Mooney VR46,” Bezzecchi said at the Red Bull Ring on Thursday.“I think in Barcelona [September 1-3] I can give you a precise decision.”
While Bezzecchi's VR46 management is still presumably trying to get Ducati to change its stance on a fifth GP24 entry -"We did that for 2022, it didn't work” - possible middle-ground solutions could be a factory contract and guaranteed early upgrades for a GP23 at VR46 next season. Bezzecchi had closed the points gap to Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia with second place behind Alex Marquez in the Silverstone Sprint but lost all the ground gained - and more - when he fell behind Bagnaia in the Sunday race.“At Silverstone unfortunately I made a mistake which created a crash. The speed was there, my confidence was there,” Bezzecchi said.
“I can’t wait to jump back on this is a track I really like. There are different bankings on the track, and very hard braking. I like hard braking, it’s a strong point where the Ducati can work well.”
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