In Indonesia the presentation of Pertamina-Vr46. Here are Vale's Ducatis: "We are very ambitious"

Di Giannantonio will have the same Desmo as Pecco and Marquez. Morbidelli finds Rossi again: "Everything is beautiful here"

di RICCARDO GALLI
26 January 2025
From left Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio with the new livery of the Pertamina VR46 team which will also have an official Ducati at its disposal

From left Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Di Giannantonio with the new livery of the Pertamina VR46 team which will also have an official Ducati at its disposal

Yellow (Valentino's) predominant color on the fairing. The 46 (Valentino's number) as a background on the windshield of the bikes, almost as if to support the 49 and 21 which are the license plates of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.

And then – obviously – the baptism, the words and the push (obviously from Valentino) in the direction of a 2025 that for Rossi's team, the Pertamina-Vr46, it will be a year to be lived in one breath.

Listen to Rossi: "For this 2025 the expectations are quite high, because we have become the second team of Ducati, which in recent years has had the most competitive bike".

"We have two very strong Italian riders – Vale's words again –. Franco Morbidelli he's from the Academy and we've followed him since he started his career. For us it's important to have a driver from the Academy, it's a bit like closing a circle. Then we Fabio DiGiannantonio, very fast with the Ducati, he is super charged and will have the official bike. The goal is to try to get as many podiums as possible and win some races finishing well in the championship". Diggia and morbide smile as the veil is lifted on their Ducati Desmosedici. With an essential and decisive detail. Having 'scaled' to the first satellite team of the Borgo Panigale group, Valentino's team will have a strong position for the World Championship that is about to begin. Desmo Gp25 (that of Di Giannantonio) identical to that of Bagnaia and Marquez.

"The new livery is fantastic – says Fabio –, with small details we have made another big step". Him, Diggia, who closed 2024 early to show up in the operating room and have a shoulder fixed that ended badly at the end of the summer. "As for the shoulder – he underlines – , I am recovering well from the operation, which was tough. I think I am at 85%, but during the winter we worked a lot and I expect to arrive at the first race at 100 percent".

Closing for Morbidelli. "It's a great thing to ride for Valentino Rossi's team, which has made motorcycling more beautiful. There's a fantastic atmosphere and I think this is one of the strong points of this team."

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