Mooney VR46 Ducati team director Alessio Salucci has confirmed MotoGP riders outside of the VR46 academy will be looked at as possible replacement for when Marco Bezzecchi eventually secures a full factory seat.
One of the biggest moves in the 2024 rider market was involving Bezzecchi, as the Valentino Rossi-owned team managed to convince him to stay.
Bezzecchi rejected the chance to join Pramac Ducati which would have meant riding a full factory bike next season.Instead, that has now gone the way of Franco Morbidelli, who will join the team from Yamaha alongside double race winner at Misano, Jorge Martin. But although the VR46 team got their wish, Salucci doesn’t want to see Bezzecchi remain with the team long-term., Salucci said:"I hope that my work ends. Someone within the team pushed me in this direction, but I didn't want to.
"I preferred just one year because I hope that at the end of next season Bezzecchi will join the official team and I hope in the official Ducati." Like Bezzecchi, Luca Marini is also staying with the team next season which will be his third consecutive year with the team.
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