Rossis motogp team finalises title sponsor following aramco saga

Nine-time motorcycle grand prix world champion Rossi’s squad will step up to MotoGP for 2022, a move first spoken older this year with a Saudi visitor known as Tanal Entertainment confirming the team and a supposed title valuables from Aramco.

But, in a statement issued to Autosport, Aramco denied any involvement or well-set a deal with Tanal or VR46, though Rossi repeatedly insisted an try-on was in place.

When MotoGP issued its provisional entry list for the 2022 season when in November, it listed VR46 without Aramco tagged onto its name.

VR46 has now confirmed it has reached a deal with Italian financial visitor Mooney to be its title sponsor for 2022 in Moto2 and MotoGP – with the squad now known as Mooney VR46 Racing Team.

A unenduring statement from the team said: “Mooney, the first Italian Proximity Financial & Payments company, will be the new title sponsor of the VR46 Racing Team, the racing team created by Valentino Rossi and protagonist in the MotoGP and Moto2 categories of the world championship.

“Following the agreement, the team\'s naming will be Mooney VR46 Racing Team and it will be used in all the team\'s images (including motorbikes and riders\' suits) and in official communications.

“Further information will be revealed on 3 January.”

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Marco Bezzecchi, VR46 Racing Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

The VR46 squad will be helmed by Pablo Nieto – current VR46 team superabound in Moto2 – and will field year-old Ducatis for Luca Marini and MotoGP rookie Marco Bezzecchi.

Rossi’s outfit takes over the grid slots of the valedictory Avintia team, who quit MotoGP at the conclusion of the 2021 campaign.