Mooney, which joined the new VR46 premier-class project last season after the🌌 expected Aramco backing evaporated, is thought to be scaling back its sponsorship for 2024.

eBay has been rumoured as a possible replacement but Indonesian oil and gas giant Pertamina says 🎉it is also in𒆙 talks with VR46.

"There is a plan, yes, that's right (to be the main sponsor of VR46), but it's still being discussed. It's not official yet," Pertamina Lubricants vice president Fadjar Djoko Santoso told .

VR46, which runs𓆏🔯 Ducati machinery, has celebrated its first MotoGP race wins this season with Marco Bezzecchi, the young Italian also holding third in the world championship.

♏Team-mate Luca Marini, Rossi’s younger brother, is sixth overall and took his first MotoGP podium with second place 💯in COTA.

VR46 is tipped to run an unchanged rider line-u🃏p next season 🦹with Bezzecchi expected to turn down the chance of factory machines with Pramac to remain with VR46 for another season, alongside Marini.