MotoGP | VR46 Ducati: Dall'Igna, “We will strive to provide maximum technical support”

MotoGP VR46 Ducati World Championship – This morning the agreement between Ducati and VR46 was made official (Click here to find out more).

The newly formed Team Aramco Racing Team VR46 will have two Ducati Desmosedicis at its disposal and the contract with the Borgo Panigale manufacturer is for three years.

One of the two riders will be Luca Marini, while the other Desmosedici could end up in the hands of Valentino Rossi, given that the financier of the operation, His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, would like the nine-time champion of the World in the saddle.

Below are the words of Gigi Dall'Igna, General Director of Ducati Corse who underlined how the Team will have maximum technical support.

Statements by Gigi Dall'Igna, General Director of Ducati Corse on the Ducati VR46 agreement

“We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with VR46 for the next three years. Their Academy has always worked seriously and with great professionalism, giving many riders the opportunity to gain experience in Moto2 and Moto3, and today it can be proud to have brought three very talented young riders to MotoGP. VR46 has also demonstrated that it knows how to competently and successfully manage its Team in Moto3 and Moto2 and therefore we will strive to provide maximum technical support to their new team in MotoGP, convinced that we have found in VR46 an ambitious and motivated partner like us, with the common goal of achieving great results together.”