Valentino Rossi is claimed to be extra concerned in his MotoGP crew now and is aiming to return to “a minimal of six, seven” grands prix in 2025.
The MotoGP legend already introduced final yr he could be scaling again his automobile racing commitments in 2025 so as to have the ability to attend extra grands prix together with his VR46 squad.
Earlier this month, Rossi was introduced as coming into into the World Endurance Championship – consisting of eight rounds – and is about to participate in choose main endurance occasions, like this weekend’s Bathurst 12 Hours.
Beforehand, he has been competing in a twin WEC and GT World Problem Europe marketing campaign, which introduced his variety of races near that of the MotoGP calendar size.
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Since retiring from MotoGP on the finish of 2021, Rossi’s visits to the paddock have been scarce.
However VR46 crew supervisor Uccio Salucci has confirmed that Rossi intends to up his MotoGP presence in 2025 to a minimal of six or seven occasions.
“Day-to-day, month by month, Vale is all the time extra contained in the MotoGP mission as a result of he likes very a lot his crew,” Salucci mentioned when requested by Crash.internet about Rossi’s plans for 2025.
“I see his schedule, for certain it’s lower than final yr as a result of he’s doing WEC, much less races for him, and he needs to return to a minimal of six of seven races.
“I’m very completely happy about that as a result of when Vale involves a race, he doesn’t come for a vacation however to spend so much of time in our field, with our [VR46 Academy] riders, additionally with [Fabio] Di Giannantonio.
“And it’s all the time essential for us to [have] Vale [around] as a result of Vale is Vale. I hope he is available in six or seven races.”
Salucci was talking following VR46’s 2025 official launch occasion on the weekend, by which it unveiled a largely unchanged livery for Franco Morbidelli and Di Giannantonio.
The VR46 Academy is presently in Indonesia on the Mandalika circuit for 3 days of pre-season coaching forward of MotoGP testing beginning subsequent week.
Rossi’s first race of 2025 will likely be this weekend on the Bathurst 12 Hours with WRT BMW, whereas the opening spherical of the WEC marketing campaign takes place in Qatar on 28 February – the identical weekend because the MotoGP opener in Thailand.
In complete, Rossi’s WEC calendar clashes six occasions with MotoGP in 2025.
In addition to his VR46 crew, Rossi’s visits to MotoGP races may even see him work with Marco Bezzecchi at Aprilia, Francesco Bagnaia at Ducati and his brother Luca Marini at Honda.
