Marco Bezzecchi: ‘Fortunately Valentino understood, I was a bit afraid!’

'We hugged and he was very happy for me, so fortunately he understood everyꩵthing. I was a bit afraid t♔o be honest!'

Bagnaia, Rossi, Bezzecchi
Bagnaia, Rossi, Bezzecchi

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi will achieve his factory MotoGP dream in 2025 after signing for Aprilia.

But it will 🌃mean the end of a five-year stint at Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team, which began in Moto2 in 2020, then saw p🦂romotion to MotoGP in 2022.

Bezzecchi was the revela💦tion of last ye𒊎ar's premier-class campaign with three victories and third in the world championship on a year-old Ducati.

The young Italian then turned down the chance to secure factory GP24s by moving to Pramac this season, a decision that looked to backfire as he struggled 🌌with the GP23 so far this year.

However, with Maverick Vinales leaving Aprilia, the factory set i෴ts sights on a home rider and performances such as Bezzecchi’s huge win in India last year meant he sealed the 2025 RS-GP seat alongside Jorge Martin.

But what was Rossi’s reaction?

“Last year I🌱 had the opportunity to c🌳hange team, but my decision was to stay because once I've changed, I wanted to change for a full factory team,” Bezzecchi said at Assen on Thursday.

“Last year, of course, Ducati gave me the possibility to go in the factory supported [Pramac] team. That was a very good offer. But I 𒅌didn't know if I could feel the same with the team like I feel right now.

“This year was different. I had the opportℱunity to change from my team to a full fact☂ory team.

“With Valentino, we are both a bit sad for this, but al♋so he is very happy for me.

“We spoke a lot dur😼ing these days and we saw each other on Monday to see the Italian football team and it was the day when the [Aprilia] news came out.

“We hugged each other🌞 and he was very happy for me, so fortunately he understood everything. I was a bit afraid to be honest!

“Bu꧟t he understood and he was l🦩ike a good friend, so I'm very happy for this.”

Bezzecchi added: “Last year he didn't tell me, ‘Stay here, don't go 🌟to Pramac’. He just made me an offer and I decided to stay. And he did the same this year.

“But I asked him more advice. I spoke a bit more with him and I was sure that he could understand because he already passed this moment in his career. And he completely understood my 🐎decision.

“So of course it was a difficult moment because I feel amazing with the [VR46] team. But I was dreaming about [a factory team] since the beginning of my career, so this was my target to achieve. So, he was happy for me.𓆉”

Being a f꧙actory rider will also mean Bezzecchi has the chance to mould🐭 a MotoGP bike around his own riding style more.

Being in a factory team is completely different. I have many friends that are there like Pe✱cco, Luca, Frankie was there also. And speaking with them, they told me many things that for sure willౠ change,” he said.

“But honestly, the pr🃏oper work, I really don't know at the moment, but I'm very curious to discover it. But for sure the support is good already right now, bu▨t it will be different, so we will see.”

Bezzecchi, who won last year’s Assen Sprint and was🐈 second to Francesco Bagnaia in the grand prix, returns holding eleventh in the world championship, with ဣone podium (Jerez) this year.

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