VR46 unveils 2025 MotoGP colours in Jakarta

VR46 showcased the livery of its 2025 MotoGP bikes at a particular launch in Jakarta on Saturday.

The group owned by MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will change to a fluorescent yellow-and-white color scheme, an evolution of the design it first adopted final 12 months.

Each Fabio di Giannantonio and new signing Franco Morbidelli flew right down to Indonesia for the presentation ceremony, as VR46 capitalised on the rising reputation of MotoGP in South East Asia.

Di Giannantonio and Morbidelli will journey road-going Ducati bikes on the Mandalika Circuit subsequent week to get acclimated to the new climate within the area earlier than collaborating within the official pre-season take a look at in Malaysia on 5-7 November.

Rossi himself was absent from the launch however revealed particulars of the brand new livery in a pre-recorded video message.

The upcoming MotoGP sees VR46 turn into the first satellite tv for pc group for Ducati, with Pramac having ended a 20-year relationship to affix forces with Yamaha.

As a part of VR46’s elevated ties with the Borgo Panigale marque, the group will obtain the newest Ducati GP25 which will likely be ridden by di Giannantonio this 12 months.

The 26-year-old’s pace and consistency final season impressed the highest brass at Ducati, which signed him on to its rider roster and awarded him a factory-spec bike.

Di Giannantonio, the truth is, would be the solely rider aside from Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia to race the newest gear from Ducati this 12 months.

His team-mate Morbidelli, nevertheless, will proceed on the identical GP24 machine that he rode in a relatively underwhelming marketing campaign at Pramac in 2024.

However the transfer to VR46 reunites Morbidelli together with his mentor and good friend Rossi, who selected the 30-year-old for the vacant seat in his group following Marco Bezzecchi’s change to Aprilia.

Bezzecchi and di Giannantonio collectively propelled VR46 to fifth within the groups’ championship final 12 months, forward of manufacturing facility groups from KTM, Yamaha and Honda.

Within the riders’ standings, di Giannantonio grabbed the tenth spot regardless of lacking the final two rounds of the 12 months to bear surgical procedure on the shoulder he injured in follow on the Pink Bull Ring.

Morbidelli completed simply forward of di Giannantonio in ninth place, reaching his finest championship end since 2020. Nonetheless, he was additionally labeled because the lowest among the many 4 riders on the dominant GP24.