After 26 seasons of grand prix racing, Rossi retired from racing at the end of the 2021 campaign.
Earlier in 2021 VR46 announced it would be expanding into MotoGP in 2022, having run teams in Moto3 and Moto2 previously – while Luca Marini’s side of the Avintia garage was run by VR46 last year.
VR46’s MotoGP genesis was shrouded in controversy from the start when a Saudi company known as Tanal Entertainment announced oil giant Aramco would be the team’s title sponsor.
However, a representative from Aramco told Autosport shortly afterwards that no deal with VR46 existed – something that was reiterated again later in 2021, despite VR46’s insistence that it did in fact have a deal in place.
VR46 announced late last year that its title sponsorship would come from an Italian banking firm Mooney – ending the Aramco saga.
As was the case in Moto2 and Moto3, and with Avintia last year, VR46 will be helmed by Pablo Nieto – with Rossi unlikely to have much…
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