VR46 reveal how much we’ll see Valentino Rossi at MotoGP 2025 races
“Day by day, month by month, Vale is more inside the M𝕴otoGP project”
Valentino Rossi is sai🍎𒊎d to be more involved in his MotoGP team now and is aiming to come to “a minimum of six, seven” grands prix in 2025.
The MotoGP legend already ann🅰ounced last year he would be scaling back his car racing commitments in 2025 in order to be able to attend more graꦡnds prix with his VR46 squad.
Earlier this month, Rossi was announced as entering into the World Endurance Championship - consisting of eight rounds - and is set to take part in select major endurance events, like this weekend’s Bathurstඣ 12 Hoursꦿ.
Previous꧑ly, he has been competing in a dual WEC and GT World Challenge Europe campaign, wh🏅ich brought his number of races close to that of the MotoGP calendar length.
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Since retiring from MotoGP at thꦑe end of 2021, Rossi’s visits to t♋he paddock have been scarce.
But VR46 team manager Uccio Salucci🐬 has confirmed that Rossi intends to up his MotoGP presence in 2025 to a minimum of six or s💛even events.
about Rossi’s plans for 2025.“I see his schedule, for sure it is less than last year because he’s doing WEC, le🎃ss races for him, and he wants to c🌟ome to a minimum of six of seven races.
“I’m very happy about that because when Vale comes to a race, he doesn’t come for a holiday but to spend a lot of time in ou𒁃r box, with our [VR46 Academy] riders, also with [Fabio] Di Giannantonio.
“And it’s always very important for us to [have] Vale [around] because Vale 🌜is Vale. I hope he comes in six or seven races.”
Salucci was speaking following VR46’s 2025 official launch event at the weekend, in which it unveiled a la🍰rgely unc🥃hanged livery for Franco Morbidelli and Di Giannantonio.
The VR46 Academy is currently in Indonesia at the Mౠandalika circuit for three days of pre-season training ahead of MotoGP testing starting next week.
Rossi’s first race of 2025 will be 🙈this weekend at the Bathurst 12 H💞ours with WRT BMW, while the opening round of the WEC campaign takes place in Qatar on 28 February - the same weekend as the MotoGP opener in Thailand.
In total, Rossi’s 🧸WEC🌌 calendar clashes six times with MotoGP in 2025.
As well as his VR46 team, Rossi’s visits to MotoGP races will also see him work withඣ Marco Bezz๊ecchi at Aprilia, Francesco Bagnaia at Ducati and his brother Luca Marini at Honda.
