MotoGp, VR46: Franco Morbidelli outspoken on the'rain unknown

The always unpredictable late spring weather could hold some surprises for MotoGp riders, busy next weekend at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. However, the weather unknown does not seem to frighten Franco Morbidelli, who aims to confirm the good individual results of this first part of the season.

“I really like the Silverstone track and we are looking forward to racing there – said the rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team, founded by Valentino Rossi -. On this track, the team has done well in the past and I have been performing well lately. I am happy to go to Britain and start again with a race weekend”.

“We are confident of a good start to the weekend, I hope it will be good from the weather point of view; in any case, we have shown that our speed is there even in the wet, so we are confident” explained, without mincing words, Morbidelli, who is back from a couple of unlucky races but in the season he has already gone twice to the podium in long races and once in short races.

The Italian-Brazilian centaur joined VR46 this year, where he has been given a Ducati Desmosedici GP24 (the GP25 available to the team is instead the prerogative of teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio). In the first four race weekends he has always finished among the top four in the Sunday GPs, confirming a newfound confidence after four difficult years between Yamaha and Ducati Pramac.