Luca Marini and VR46 announce the end of their six-year relationship

italian pilot Luca Marini and the team VR46 Who supervises Spanish Pablo Nieto and it’s owned by italians Valentino Rossithe first half-brother announced. Ending a sports relationship that had already lasted six yearsat the end of the 2023 season.

“The time has come for both parties to pursue ambitious goals and results along different paths, and the entire team and those involved in the project wish Luca all the best for the future,” the team said in a statement.

Valentino Rossi, who is on the “Riccardo Tormo” circuit in Ceste, will soon have to decide who will replace him in the Mooney VR46 team composition.

Luca Marini joined the Moto2 team at the end of 2017 and achieved his first podium at the 2018 German Grand Prix and his first victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix that same season.

Luca Marini has amassed a total of six Moto2 wins, becoming the first rider with a VR46 to compete in MotoGP in 2021.

In MotoGP, Valentino Rossi’s half-brother is destined to replace Spaniard Marc Marquez in the official Honda team, achieving four pole positions, four podiums in sprint races and two podiums in Grand Prix. are doing.