![]() ![]() Born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cervera' worldwide (due to his height of 5' 7" (1.68m), and 'el tro de Cervera' in his hometown, meaning the 'Thunder of Cervera'. He previously raced for Honda's factory team from his MotoGP debut in 2013 until 2023. a photo Rossi himself uploaded to his social networks.īut, undoubtedly, the image everybody will remember from the weekend is that of Bezzecchi on the podium wearing Argentina's national team shirt, a nod and a tribute to Rossi's triumph in 2015, when at that same track he climbed to the top of the podium wearing the Diego Maradona's shirt while singing 'mama, ho visto Maradona' - the same song his closest friends sang to him in the garage on the day of his retirement in Valencia.Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the satellite Ducati team Gresini Racing MotoGP. Andrea Migno, who doesn't have a full-time ride this season and raced as a substitute for the injured Lorenzo Fellon, managed to finish on the podium and to celebrate he was waiting for Bagnaia, Marini, Bezzecchi, Morbidelli, Flamigni, Uccio. In fact, 80% of the current MotoGP team is made up of a mix of people who have come up from the Moto3 and Moto2 teams, together with personnel with whom Rossi has worked with during his years in the world championship.Īn example of the complicity and loyalty that reigns among the academy boys was seen after the Moto3 race at Termas. Even the communication manager, Pol Beltran, whom Rossi discovered in his last active year in RNF, is part of the team and now works with his brother Marini's team.įinally, and probably most importantly, each and every member of the academy and VR46 has a boundless devotion and loyalty to Rossi, whom they admire and respect to the point of working tirelessly to achieve success. Matteo Flamigni, for many years the telemetry engineer of the #46 at Yamaha and Ducati, is now Bezzecchi's track engineer David Munoz, Rossi's last chief mechanic, is now Marini's crew chief coach Idalio Gaviria, who was the VR46 team's coach in Moto3 and from 2019 and until his retirement Rossi's own coach. ![]() ![]() The team manager is Pablo Nieto, son of Angel, Rossi's friend since the Italian entered the world championship and with whom he developed great complicity, both at the circuits and in the summers in Ibiza. Rossi's best friend, Uccio, is the 'boss', but next to him the people in charge of the VR46 company are people who have always worked with Rossi. We're a great group and that carries over and how we fight."Īnother secret is the professionalisation of the academy and the team, a process that has always maintained a common denominator: placing Rossi's most trusted people in key positions. We're not afraid to take a jab at each other or tell someone they've been a jerk. We don't hold anything inside, we're very open with each other. Morbidelli explains the secret for the good harmony that exists between the riders and how they grow in the job: "We always fight very hard, but we are very close friends and we have a great relationship with each other. Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images Before Bezzecchi's grand prix win, the VR46 squad also celebrated a double podium in the sprint ![]()
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