Trackhouse Aprilia team princ൩ipal Davide Brivio confirmed last 🤡weekend that Wilco Zeelenberg will leave the team at the end of the 2024 season.

Zeelenberg, who began a𓆉t the Trackhouse team in its original incarnation as the Petronas SRT Yamaha team when it debuted in 2019, will leave the satellite Aprilia project after what is the outfit’s second season with the Noale brand, it’s first under the Trackhouse name.

Speaking to MotoGP.com pit lane reporter Simon Crafar before the Aragon MotoGP race at MotorLand last Sunday, Brivio, who joined Trackhouse at the beginning of 2024, explained that Zeelenberg’s departur♏e was a “very hard” conclusion to reach, and that it’s part of the American-owned team trying to find “some different direction”.

“This [Zeelenberg’s departure] is something that we d𒈔iscussed,” Brivio said. “We took this decision. A big credit to Wilco [Zeelenberg] for what he’s done.

“Honestly speaking, I 𒉰arrived and I found a team that he has built through the years, and the team also, for the most pa🔯rt, is not going to change next year, so a big credit for what he has built up.

“As Trackhౠouse, we thought that maybe, going to the future, we had to find some different direction. It’s sad from one side, it’s business on the other side.

“It’s always a 🐎difficult situat✃ion, and it’s been very hard to come to this conclusion.”

Zeelenberg’s future is currently unconfirmed. A former 250cc Grand Prix winner, the Dutchman worked🔥 as team manager on Jorge Lorenzo’s, and then Maverick Vinales’, side of the factory Yamaha MotoGP garage until he jo💧ined the Petronas SRT team as team manager in 2019.