Franco Morbidelli reveals what Valentino Rossi asked him to do.

Franco Morbidelli reveals what Valentino Rossi asked him

Franco Morbidelli from 2025 will be riding one of the bikes of friend and mentor Valentino Rossi's team, alongside Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Roman rider to Motorsport.com revealed that he has already spoken with the Doctor, who was present at the Red Bull Ring last weekend for the Austrian Grand Prix, in the role of VR46 owner.

"I had a chance to talk to him. What did he ask me? To go hard on a motorcycle. Yes, I always try, but it does not always go well…".

Sunday’s race è was affected by the contact at the start with Marc Marquez: "The pace we had was good enough to be in the top five, we are still a little bit away from the fight for the podium. But è it was fun to be able to do some overtaking, to feel the speed,"” said Morbidelli, who finished in eighth place.

On the contact with Marquez: "When I was getting ready to take the first corner I saw that Marc had a problem with the lowerer, I knew he started much slower than the others. When I went to brake, I was on his left and he, probably to avoid Jack Miller, è moved to his left and we both ended up off the track".