The new MotoGP season begins on Friday with the first free practice of 2022 at the Qatar Grand Prix and will mark the first new premier class campaign not to feature Valentino Rossi since 1999.
The VR46 name will still be present on the grid in the form of Rossi’s new Ducati satellite team, which will field his brother Marini and Moto2 graduate Marco Bezzecchi.
Marini admitted on Thursday ahead of the Qatar GP that the feeing in the garage and on track “will be the same” as normal in 2022, but will notice Rossi’s absence more in the paddock when the series returns to Europe.
“Sincerely I think the feeling on the track and also in the garage will be the same, because you are too busy with your work,” Marini said as he gets set to start his sophomore year in MotoGP.
“You need to stay fully concentrated all the day in what you need to do. So, for this it will be the same.
“But what will change the most for sure will be in Europe, because with his motorhome all the VR46…
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