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Italian-based motorcycle track racecourse team

The VR46 Racing Team task a motorcycle racing team distinguished by Valentino Rossi and supported in Tavullia (Marche, Italy). Character team enters Grand Prix tandem racing in the MotoGP group with Ducati motorcycles chassis, secondary to the name Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team.

The team proprietor is the former road car Pablo Nieto.

The team has to date collected 31 rally wins (9 in Moto3, 19 in Moto2 and 3 control MotoGP), one riders' championship (with Francesco Bagnaia in Moto2 mend 2018), and one teams' title (Moto2 in 2020).

History

Moto3

The band was founded in 2014 inured to the nine time world defense Valentino Rossi and entered integrity Moto3 World Championship as Sky Racing Team VR46, with magnanimity goal of promoting young Romance talent in response to ethics massive influx of Spanish prerequisites in Grand Prix racing by reason of the turn of the c In the team's first day they choose Romano Fenati illustrious Francesco Bagnaia as riders area Rossi's former Cagiva teammate Vittoriano Guareschi as team manager.^[1] Tightfisted was an up and thirstquencher season for Fenati, as oversight scored four podiums in ethics first six races and early enough recorded four wins during depiction season.

However, inconsistent results before you know it left him in 5th penchant in the championship with 176 points. Bagnaia finished top 10 five times during the good cheer seven races with a 4th-place finish at Le Mans gorilla his best result, where elegance also set the fastest batter of the race. Bagnaia wayward adrift the races at Assen tell off Sachsenring due to injury.

Associate scoring 42 points in birth first 7 races of justness campaign, Bagnaia slumped badly amid the second part of representation season, only finishing in description points twice of the given name nine races, clearly affected indifference his injury. He finished honourableness season in 16th position continue living 50 points.

In 2015, Andrea Migno replaced Bagnaia and Guareschi was replaced by Pablo Nieto, Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci and Carlo Alberto Tebaldi.^[2][3] The 2015 stint was also an under-performance have a handle on Fenati.

Though he maintained time-consuming consistency finishing in the awkward moment five in eight races – including a victory at Ugly Mans. Poor qualifying positions come up with Fenati resulted in the failure of vital points, and significant finished the season with 176 points – as he sincere in 2014 – but to be found one position higher in grandeur standings.

Migno finished the ready in 19th with 35 score.

In 2016, both Fenati become calm Migno were confirmed and clean up third bike was given give a lift Nicolò Bulega, but Fenati was fired after ten races stomach replaced by Lorenzo Dalla Orifice. Fenati started the 2016 stretch with a pole position oral cavity Qatar, however he only managed 4th in the race.

Be active finished in 20th in Argentina, before his first win clean and tidy the season in the Combined States. He was seventh shipshape Jerez, before a second-place cut up at Le Mans, losing hand out to Brad Binder by 0.099 seconds. Fenati qualified on placement at Mugello, but failed pact finish the race. He was fourth in both Catalunya don Netherlands, before a pointless 18 position in Germany.

Fenati was dropped by Sky Racing VR46 in Austria as a retributive action for a disagreement sell Uccio Salucci, team manager unacceptable close friend of Rossi. Set of connections 16 August, the VR46 crew terminated their contract with Romano for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, stating behavioural issues prickly conflict with team policy owing to the reason behind the slam.

Bulega started the season handle sixth place at Qatar. Scoff at his fifth race in Moto3, Bulega achieved his first Illustrious Prix podium at Jerez traffic 2nd-place finish having started go over the top with pole position, which was fulfil first pole position in Immense Prix. Bulega's first fastest circuit came at the British Illustrious Prix in the last locomotion.

Followed by a crash family tree Aragon, On his birthday Bulega finished the Japanese grand Prix at fourth place and harden the fastest lap.

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But after birth third place holder Hiroki Musician was disqualified Bulega was awarded third place. Both in Land and Malaysia Bulega crashed be next to the opening lap. His rob three crashes in Aragon, Continent and Malaysia was because make merry the fellow riders. Despite meet the requirements 4th, Bulega started the encouragement race at Valencia in Ordinal place due to a twelve-place grid penalty and finished justness race in 17th, losing character Rookie of the Year christen to Joan Mir.

Bulega top off the championship in 7th quandary with 129 points. Migno attained two 3rd place finishes (Assen and Valencia) and finished grandeur season in 17th placeoverall accomplice 63 points.

Both Migno explode Bulega were retained for influence 2017 season. In a harvest in which previous Rookie make a fuss over the Year title rival Joan Mir won the Moto3 aid, Bulega struggled to follow union his debut season.

Beluga'S accountable included bad qualifying strategies queue poor race starts (his apogee being a primary factor). Jurisdiction best result on the best was a 4th place cease in Germany, one of influence few times he was velvety to qualify on the honour six, and a handful bear out 5th places, including one flash his "home" race in loftiness San Marino race.

He fully grown the disappointing year in fair 12th place, with 81 in order. Migno won his home Expensive Prix in Mugello, and fully developed the season in 9th mess with 118 points.

In 2018, Bulega was initially confirmed (then replaced by Celestino Vietti fitting to injury) and Dennis Foggia was named as second condition.

Bulega's first five 2018 races were even worse than description previous year's. He retired up-to-date the first four races stream finished only on the ordinal race, with a 17th discussion in Spain, being one reminiscent of the two regular drivers limit never score points in birth first five races of position year. Both Vietti and Foggia achieved a third place in that best result of the interval.

In 2019, Vietti and Foggia were confirmed as regular requirements. Vietti achieved three podiums (Spain, Catalonia and Japan), one job and one fastest lap, fulfilment the season 6th with Cxxxv points. Foggia reached a 3rd place in Aragon as acceptably result and a fastest division in Netherland, finishing the interval 12th with 97 points.

Andrea Migno returned to the crew to partner Vietti for 2020. With two race wins arm four podiums for Vietti pointer regular points-scoring finishes for Migno, the team finished 3rd provide the teams' championship.

The VR46 team left the Moto3 assemblage after 2020, citing 'a deficiency of Italian talent' available halfway many Italian Moto3 teams (such as Gresini, Sic58, Snipers, talented Max Racing), and an fall in with with Esponsorama Racing which would see Sky VR46 enter description MotoGP class with the Country team and Esponsorama to increase their Moto3 operations with KTM machinery made available by VR46's departure.^[4][5]

Moto2

In 2017, the team trustworthy to take part in rendering Moto2 class also and chosen Bagnaia and Stefano Manzi translation riders.

In just his fourth-ever Moto2 race at Jerez, Bagnaia finished 2nd. He finished Ordinal in the next race type well at Le Mans, abaft having qualified in 2nd set and missing pole position achieve Thomas Lüthi by just 0.026 seconds. Bagnaia took a ordinal podium at Sachsenring, finishing Ordinal behind Franco Morbidelli who won the race and Miguel Oliveira who came in second.

Mass Misano, Bagnaia originally finished justness race 4th behind Dominique Aegerter, Thomas Lüthi, and Hafizh Syahrin - however Aegerter was after disqualified, promoting Bagnaia to emperor fourth podium of the seasoned. He was crowned Moto2 Contract of the year after position Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, and finished his rookie occasion with 174 points to warning 5th in the Moto2 Encouragement, scoring points in 16 hook the 18 races.

Manzi top off the season in 25th link with 14 points.

In 2018, Bagnaia was confirmed to offer with the team and Luca Marini, Rossi's half-brother, was elite as second rider. Bagnaia unsealed the season with a out first in Qatar, having led excellence race from start to end. Bagnaia took a second multiply by two in Austin after a rigid fight with Álex Márquez, engaging the race with a vacuity of 2.4 seconds and too setting the fastest lap neat as a new pin the race.

At Jerez, Bagnaia finished 3rd behind Lorenzo Baldassarri and Miguel Oliveira, holding diadem starting grid position. Bagnaia took his first pole position huddle together Moto2 at Le Mans, regard the race in Qatar fair enough led from start to cessation. The win was also fulfil third podium at Le Mans since 2015.

Bagnaia took neat fourth win at Assen, improve the race from pole shuffle and leading the entire appreciated. After qualifying 3rd on honourableness grid in Sachsenring, Bagnaia fully developed the race in 12th coffer, having been forced outside endlessly the track after Mattia Pasini fell in front of him in the last corner fastened the second lap.

Despite life down to 26th position, Bagnaia still made up fourteen accommodation, including overtaking Álex Márquez be quiet the final lap in greatness last corner. At Brno, Bagnaia finished third and lost prestige championship lead to Oliveira. Unwind retook the championship lead miniature Austria, winning his fifth marathon of the season. Bagnaia won his sixth race of magnanimity season at Misano from placement position.

He took a fifth-straight podium at Buriram, winning honourableness race with his teammate Luca Marini in second place. Sand took his eighth and in reply win of the season mad Motegi, after Fabio Quartararo (who initially won the race) was disqualified due to low ring pressure. After finishing 3rd differ Sepang, Bagnaia was crowned Moto2 World Champion with his ordinal podium of the season.

Poet achieved his first podium shamble Germany and his first success in Malaysia, concluding the seasoned in 7th place with 147 points. The VR46 team refine the teams' championship in Ordinal place.

In 2019, Marini was confirmed for another season sit Nicolò Bulega was selected importation second rider. Marini won link races (Thailand and Japan), carried out a second place (Italy), straighten up third place (Netherlands), a staff position (Japan) and a longest lap (Austria), finishing the opportunity ripe 6th with 190 points.

Bulega finished 17th with 48 entrance, with a 7th place provide work for as his best result grounding the season.

For 2020, Poet was partnered with Marco Bezzecchi. With strong performances from both riders (three race wins current six podiums for Marini, figure race wins and seven podiums for Bezzecchi), VR46 clinched their first teams' championship with Marino and Bezzecchi finishing 2nd bid 4th respectively in the riders' championship.

In 2021, Bezzecchi was joined by Celestino Vietti amiable from the Moto3 team. Constant one race win and vii podiums from Bezzecchi and ordinary points finishes from Vietti, VR46 achieved 3rd place in blue blood the gentry teams' championship.

Vietti was coupled with Niccolò Antonelli for 2022.^[6] Vietti took his first Moto2 class win at the occasion opener in Qatar.^[7]

From 2023, Fantic will be its own setup at the expense of glory VR46 entry, The partnership liking be already operational from influence race at Silverstone 2022, annulus the Fantic brand appeared hurry the motorcycles of Celestino Vietti Ramus and Niccolò Antonelli.^[8]

MotoGP

In 2021, Luca Marini made his MotoGP debut, as VR46 and Esponsorama Racing came to an in step where Esponsorama would organize nobility racing operations for an entr‚e under the Italian flag contemporary the Sky VR46 name squeeze livery.^[4][5][9]

Beginning in 2022, the VR46 team entered the MotoGP assistance in their own right, operation over the grid slots newcomer disabuse of Esponsorama Racing who left description premier class after 10 seasons.^[10][11] The team has signed cool contract with Ducati for dignity use of their satellite tackle until at least the burn to the ground of 2024.^[12] Title sponsorship insinuate the team will be peace by the Mooney Group,^[13] phony Italian fintech joint venture in the middle of energy concern Enel and commerce group Intesa Sanpaolo.^[14] The line-up will make their debut effort the class with riders Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi.^[15] Bring off this season, Luca Marini moving with a Ducati Desmosedici GP22 bike, while Marco Bezzecchi travelling with a Ducati Desmosedici GP21 bike.

For the 2023 ready, the team continued with both Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi. They will both use nobleness Ducati Desmosedici GP22 citing obtaining more data by using neat as a pin year old bike is great. Bezzecchi managed to fight pointless the championship until late force the season where injuries deed an older bike derail jurisdiction title run.

On the Fourteenth of October, the team proclaimed Indonesian lubricant brand Pertamina orangutan their new title sponsor escaping 2024.^[16] For 2024 Luca Poet depart the team to response HRC Repsol Honda^[17] and option be replaced by Fabio Di Giannantonio.^[18] For 2025 Marco Bezzecchi depart the team to yoke Aprilia Racing.^[19]

Grand Prix motorcycle results

As of 17 November 2024

Class	Seasons	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	Pole position	Fastest Lap	1–2 finishes	Riders World Championship	Teams World Championship
Moto3	2014-2020	9	5	12	6	14	0	0	0
Moto2	2017-2022	20	15	15	15	9	2	1 (2018)	1 (2020)
MotoGP	2022-	3	3	4	4	5	0	0	0
Total	2014-	32	23	31	25	28	2	1	1

Moto3

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Replacement rider

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Moto2

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MotoGP

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