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Razlan Razali, team principal of Petronas Sepang Racing Team (SRT), has decided not to extend Valentino Rossi’s contract beyond the 2021 season.

Razlan made the decision considering the uncertainty behind Rossi’s commitment as the rider is yet to confirm his future at the team.

According to Razlan, the decision was made unanimously.

“We (SRT) can’t afford to wait for Rossi’s decision whether he wants to continue racing beyond 2021.

“After a thorough discussion with the team, we unanimously agreed not to extend Rossi’s contract for the 2022 season,” said Razlan.

The latest decision by Razlan’s allow the team to go back to their initial plan of recruiting new and exciting talents.

Despite racing with full factory support, the 42-year old rider struggled with his form this season as he currently sits 19th place in the championship, 100 points behind the championship leader, Fabio Quartararo.

Pelumba veteran, Valentino Rossi percaya Pedro Acosta bakal menjadi bintang baharu MotoGP pada masa akan datang.

Bagaimanapun, tujuh kali juara dunia MotoGP itu nafi dakwaan dia merancang untuk membawa Acosta dari Moto3 ke MotoGP musim depan bersama VR46.

“Saya ada terbaca mengenai perkara ini tetapi ia tidak benar.

“Sudah tentu sebagai pelumba kami gembira, Pedro Acosta adalah ‘superhero’ baharu sukan permotoran.

“Tetapi kami akan teruskan dengan projek kami, bersama pelumba akademi VR46,” jelas Rossi.

Acosta ketika ini mendahului kejuaraan Moto3 dengan perbezaan 39 mata dan senario itu pastinya membuatkan KTM Ajo mahu pelumba 17 tahun itu kekal bersama mereka.

Apatah lagi dengan Remy Gardner bakal melangkah ke MotoGP musim depan, slot ke Moto2 kekal cerah buat Acosta bersama KTM Ajo.

Sementara itu, Rossi ketika ini masih lagi belum mengesahkan sama ada akan meneruskan karier perlumbaan musim depan atau memfokuskan pembangunan VR46 bersama penaja Saudi Aramco di kelas premier pada 2022.

Difahamkan, VR46 hampir pasti akan mendapat sokongan factory Ducati musim depan lantas fokus seterusnya adalah menentukan barisan pelumba.

Ketika ini antara calon yang disebut adalah pasangan Avintia, Luca Marini dan Enea Bastianini dengan kedua-duanya mempunyai kontrak secara langsung dengan Ducati musim ini.

Apatah lagi Marini merupakan graduan akademi VR46, menguatkan lagi desas-desus itu.

MotoGP musim 2022 bakal menyaksikan Ducati menurunkan lapan jentera bergantung kepada perbincangan bersama pasukan VR46 dan Gresini.

Perkara itu didedahkan Pengarah Sukan Ducati di MotoGP, Paolo Ciabatti.

“Kami sedang berbincang mengenai perkara itu. Tawaran untuk menurunkan lapan jentera sedang dalam pertimbangan.

“Kami mampu mengendalikan senario ini dan ini juga membenarkan kami untuk memberi peluang kepada pelumba muda menunggang jentera Ducati,” katanya.

Lebih menarik, Dorna juga sedia maklum mengenai perancangan Ducati bersama VR46 dan Gresini namun tiada sebarang bantahan dinyatakan.

*Jack Miller #43

Ketika ini, Ducati mempunyai enam pelumba menerusi Jack Miller (Ducati), Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), Johann Zarco (Pramac), Jorge Martin (Pramac), Luca Marini (Avintia) dan Enea Bastianini (Avintia).

*Francesco Bagnaia #63

Bagaimanapun, Ducati bakal kehilangan kerjasama dengan Avintia di kelas premier dengan pasukan itu telah pun mengesahkan penarikan diri sebaik musim 2021 berakhir.

*Johann Zarco #5

Dalam usaha memastikan Marini dan Bastianini terus menunggang jentera Desmosedici, perbincangan bersama VR46 dilihat kritikal dalam meneruskan pembangunan kedua-dua pelumba itu bagi musim 2022.

*Jorge Martin #89

Sementara itu, sekiranya Ducati mencapai persetujuan bersama Gresini, pasukan itu telah pun mengesahkan Fabio di Giannantonio bakal dinaikkan ke kelas premier dari Moto2 musim depan.

Ini bermakna terdapat satu lagi slot kosong yang perlu diisi bagi melengkapkan lapan jentera Ducati musim depan.

Meskipun perbincangan bersama VR46 dan Gresini masih berada di peringkat awal namun dengan tarikh pengesahan pelumba bakal tamat pada Jun, Ducati dijangka bakal membuat pengumuman rasmi mengenai barisan pelumba bagi musim 2022 tidak lama lagi. – GPOne

Valentino Rossi will decide whether to continue racing beyond the 2021 MotoGP amid his worst start to a season.

The Italian made the switch from factory Yamaha to Petronas Sepang Racing Team (PSRT) at the end of last season that sees Fabio Quartararo heading the other way.

Despite getting the factory treatment with the M1, the seven-time MotoGP champion is yet to finish a race within the top ten after five rounds. Meanwhile, his partner, Franco Morbidelli, managed to secure a podium finish in Jerez onboard the old A-spec M1.

Nevertheless, Rossi revealed that he would decide on his future during the summer break.

“Speaking with Petronas and Yamaha it’s more half-season, because after nine races we have the summer break and I think I will decide for next year in that period, after nine races,” said Rossi.

Rossi currently sits at 19th place in the championship standings with 9 points together with Miguel Oliveira and his half brother, Luca Marini.

(source: Visordown)

Valentino Rossi hanya akan membuat keputusan mengenai kariernya di MotoGP sewaktu cuti musim panas pada Julai.

Pelumba berusia 42 tahun itu memaklumkan perkara itu ketika temubual bersama media Indonesia, Trans7.

“Saya akan membuat keputusan mengenai musim depan selepas sembilan pusingan kerana ketika itu cuti musim panas,” jelasnya.

Mengambil kira cuti musim panas akan bermula selepas GP Belanda yang dijadualkan pada 27 Jun, Rossi mungkin akan membuat pengumuman tersebut selepas itu.

Desas-desus mengenai persaraan Rossi semakin memuncak apabila tujuh kali juara dunia MotoGP itu bergelut sejak perpindahan dari pasukan factory Yamaha ke Petronas Sepang Racing Team (PSRT).

Meskipun mendapat layanan ‘factory’ di PSRT, dia masih tidak berupaya menempatkan diri dalam kelompok 10 terbaik selepas lima pusingan sementara rakan sepasukan dan protege, Franco Morbidelli, telah pun merasa podium musim ini.

Apatah lagi dengan pasukan VR46 milik Rossi bakal bersaing di kelas premier musim 2022 menguatkan lagi khabar angin persaraan Rossi semakin hampir.

Valentino Rossi will have the chance to hang up his racing suit next season to take up the role of team principal for ARAMCO Racing Team VR46.

Rossi’s VR46 is confirmed to race in the 2022 MotoGP season after signing a 5-year agreement with Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media, the company of HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-Saud.

Saudi Aramco was also announced as the team main sponsor starting from 2022 to 2026.

“It is a circle that closes. We started about ten years ago helping my brother, Migno, Morbidelli, who raced in CIV and arriving in MotoGP is a great satisfaction, a good thing for us and we have also done it for MotoGP and motorsport in general,” said Rossi.

Nevertheless, the 42-year-old rider plays down the possibility of him racing for his team.

“If I still want to race, I could keep a bike for myself, as I am the boss.

“In truth, this team doesn’t change much with my decision whether to continue or not because, as I’ve always said, it will depend on the results and my priority remains with Petronas.

“So at the moment, I would say that it is very difficult for me to race for my own team, but it is not 100 per cent certain, things can change from one day to the next.

“It’s difficult but not impossible,” he added.

Despite the confirmation to race in the premier class next season, one major aspect is still unclear, which bike will the VR46 jump on in 2022.

“We have talked to everyone, Aprilia, Ducati, Yamaha dan Suzuki but I don’t think the decision has been made,” he said.

VR46 has secured a place in the premier class after agreeing a full MotoGP entry starting 2022.

Valentino Rossi’s team will compete in the 2022 MotoGP with Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media and Saudi Aramco as the main sponsor for the period 2022-2026.

Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media is the holding company of HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-Saud.

“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.

“VR46 will debut as ARAMCO Racing Team VR46 with the support of other important sponsors of the world scene.

“Saudi Aramco, a company already heavily involved in Motorsport and F1, will therefore enter the 2022 MotoGP World Championship with VR46 Team,” said Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media in an official statement.

According to the official statement, the collaboration between VR46 and Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media will also extend beyond the race track.

“Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media and VR46 Team that aim to communicate important projects, developed following the previous sponsorship agreement for the 2021 sports season, with their partners.

“Shared strategies and vision, a summary of a mutual sharing of objectives, led to the extension of this partnership by signing this important five-year agreement: an extended joint-venture between Tanal Entertainment Sport & Media and VR46 Team which also presents the activation and management of communication.”

Despite no confirmation regarding which bike will the team race with next season, the bike used to show the team graphics was a Yamaha M1.

Yamaha telah pun menandatangani kontrak lanjutan baharu yang menyaksikan pasukan factory itu akan kekal di MotoGP hingga 2026.

Tatkala status Yamaha di MotoGP telah pun disahkan, perkara sama tidak boleh diperkatakan mengenai pasukan satelit, Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team.

Ini kerana kontrak Petronas-Yamaha akan berakhir hujung musim ini.

“Kerjasama tiga tahun bersama Petronas akan luput pada hujung tahun ini.

“Jadi tahun ini adalah tempoh kami berbincang semula dengan pasukan satelit.

“Mengikut situasi semasa, Petronas Yamaha SRT telah melakar pencapaian terbaik. Tahun lalu, mereka menang enam perlumbaan dan pelumba mereka (Franco Morbidelli) menamatkan aksi di tempat kedua kejuaraan dunia.

“Jadi kemampuan mereka tidak boleh dipersoalkan,” jelas Pengarah Urusan Yamaha Racing, Lin Jarvis.

Meskipun meneruskan kerjasama adalah satu pilihan paling jelas bagi kedua-dua pihak namun Jarvis, melihat VR46 juga antara calon sekiranya pasukan itu merancang beraksi di kelas premier pada 2022.

“Adakah VR46 akan sertai MotoGP? Menurut fahaman saya, mereka serius pertimbangkan perkara itu.

“Jadi kami akan berbincang dengan calon yang ada termasuk Petronas SRT dan VR46.

“Perbincangan akan bermula pada April atau Mei ini,” tambah Jarvis.

Pengarah Akademi VR46 dan Sky Racing Team VR46, Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci, mendedahkan bahawa Valentino Rossi akan membuat keputusan mengenai masa depannya musim ini.

Menurut Salucci, Rossi memerlukan antara 6-7 perlumbaan bagi menentukan sama akan meneruskan kariernya di MotoGP.

Ini kerana pelumba berusia 41 tahun itu hanya menandatangani kontrak setahun bersama pasukan satelit Yamaha, Petronas Sepang Racing Team (SRT).

Pada masa sama, Rossi juga perlu membuat keputusan sama ada pasukan VR46 akan bertanding di kelas premier MotoGP pada 2022 tatkala pelumba, Luca Marini, akan beraksi bersama Avintia Ducati dengan kerjasama VR46 musim ini.

Marini merupakan pelumba akademi VR46 ketiga beraksi di MotoGP selepas Franco Morbidelli dan Peco Bagnaia.

Pelumba Moto2, Marco Bezzechi dan Celestino Vietti dijangka akan diangkat ke kelas premier pada 2022.

Ever wondered what riders feel like when going around the circuit built within the VR46 Motor Ranch? Well, its owner which happens to be Valentino Rossi, showcases what it’s like to go around this flat-track-inspired dirt track and why it has been good for a lot of VR46 riders in the championship. (more…)

Aprilia dilaporkan telah menawarkan slot ke MotoGP untuk pelumba Moto2, Marco Bezzecchi musim depan.

Bagaimanapun, Bezzecchi mengakui telah menolak tawaran terbabit tanpa mendedahkan sebab disebalik keputusan itu.

Namun, pengendali VR46, Pablo Nieto, mendedahkan pasukan itu mahu Bezzecchi kekal di Moto2.

“Masa depan Bezzecchi adalah bersama kami. Dia akan berlumba dengan kami untuk 2021.

“Mereka telah cuba untuk mendapatkan tandatangan Marco (Bezzecchi) dan dia merupakan calon utama Aprilia.

“Tetapi bagi kami, Marco (Bezzecchi) adalah peneraju utama VR46 bagi projek Moto2 muism depan.

“Saya juga berasakan dia mahu kekal di Moto2 dan merebut kejuaraan musim depan,” jelas Neito kepada DAZN.

Dalam perkembangan lain, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Aprilia, Massimo Rivola mendedahkan pelumba uji, Bradley Smith, dilihat sebagai calon relevan untuk menggantikan Andrea Iannone bagi musim 2021.

Iannone berdepan penggantungan empat tahun dari sukan permotoran selepas Mahkamah Timbang Tara Sukan (CAS) melanjutkan penggantungan 18 bulan yang dikenakan FIM sebelum ini.

Pelumba Itali itu gagal ujian doping sewaktu ujian rawak di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang (SIC) pada November 2019.

  • Valentino Rossi will go to Formula 1 while Lewis Hamilton will take his MotoGP seat.

  • Rossi will drive Hamilton’s Mercedes AMG PETRONAS car.

  • Hamilton will ride Rossi’s Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1.

Valentino Rossi will go to Formula 1 while Lewis Hamilton will take his MotoGP seat.

The swap will happen at Valencia circuit on 9th December. Rossi will drive Hamilton’s Mercedes AMG PETRONAS car. Hamilton on the other hand, will ride Rossi’s Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1. The deal was probably pushed through by both men’s sponsor Monster Energy.

Hamilton had expressed his wish to ride a MotoGP bike earlier in the year, but it was Repsol Honda who responded with the message “Bring it on, Bro” in a tweet. But it didn’t happen, as expected, as the Repsol riders are sponsored by Monster Energy’s biggest rival Red Bull.

It won’t be the first time Hamilton rides a motorcycle, although it’s his first time on a MotoGP bike. He had ridden the GYTR Yamaha YZF-R1M with PATA Yamaha WorldSBK riders Michael van Der Mark and Alex Lowes at Jerez. He tweeted “Valentino Rossi I need to come to the ranch ASAP.”

As for Rossi, it’s not the first time he’s behind the steering wheel of a four-wheeler, either. He competes in the Monza Rally annually and has won it seven times up to last year. He had also tested in Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari Formula 1 car many years ago. He impressed the multiple champion so much that Schumacher offered him a spot as a driver.

We can’t wait to see the upcoming event!

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