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After the endless saga with Saudi Aramco over the last few months, VR46 Racing Team has officially announced Italian company, Mooney as the team title sponsor for the 2022 MotoGP season.

Mooney will also be backing the Moto2 team with Celestino Vietti and Niccolo Antonelli.

“Following the agreement, the new team naming will be Mooney VR46 Racing Team and will be used in all images of the Team (including bikes and rider suits) and in all official communications. Further information will be revealed on January 3rd,” said VR46 in a brief statement.

Despite the uncertainty and almost weird situation with Aramco, the confirmation with Mooney is excellent news for Valentino Rossi and his team as they now can look ahead to compete the new season with Luca Marini and Marco Bezzechi onboard two Ducatis.

The saga with Aramco began in April 2021 with a press release that said: “In 2022 the VR46 Team will debut in the MotoGP class together with Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media with Saudi Aramco, as the new Main Sponsor for the period 2022-2026.”

However, the Saudi Arabian oil giant later denied any involvement and continued to deny it had agreed on a deal with Tanal or VR46.

Luca Marini dan Marco Bezzecchi telah pun menyempurnakan sesi ujian sulung bagi VR46 Ducati MotoGP di Jerez.

Marini dan Bezzecchi melengkapkan ujian pra-musim di Jerez menggunakan jentera Ducati GP21.

Bagaimanapun, ketika Bezzecchi akan meneruskan saingan musim 2022 nanti menggunakan jentera sama, Marini akan dinaik taraf dengan GP22 terkini.

Namun, meskipun ujian pra-musim telah pun bermula, nama Aramco, yang sebelum ini dikatakan bakal menjadi penaja utama VR46 bermula musim 2022 masih lagi tidak kelihatan.

Nama Aramco selaku penaja utama juga tidak muncul dalam senarai rasmi pasukan yang diumumkan MotoGP, minggu lalu.

Syarikat minyak gergasi Arab Saudi itu sebelum ini turut mengeluarkan kenyataan media menerusi Tanal Entertainment Sports & Media mengesahkan tajaan yang menjanjikan tajaan berjumlah EUR18 juta namun setakat ini masih tiada sebarang pengumuman rasmi dari pihak VR46 mahupun Aramco.

Apa pun, nantikan pengumuman lanjut dari pihak VR46 sama ada Aramco akan tetap menjadi penaja utama atau ada nama lain yang akan diumumkan.

Sementara itu, ujian pra-musim VR46 akan bersambung di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang pada Februari nanti.

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