Morbidelli to join Rossi's Ducati-VR46 for 2025 MotoGP season
Italian rider Franco Morbidelli will make the switch to the Valentino Rossi-owned Ducati-VR46 team in MotoGP next season, it was announced on Friday.
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The 29-year-old Morbidelli, a former Moto2 champion currently riding for Ducati-Pramac, is 12th in the standings at the halfway stage of the season.
Morbidelli finished runner-up in the 2020 championship but has struggled to replicate that form, recording just one podium finish since.
And it's all YELLOW! 🟡@FrankyMorbido12 will switch to @VR46RacingTeam in 2025! ✅#MotoGP2025 pic.twitter.com/9FKLeGMkpA
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) August 16, 2024
Despite having the same bike as MotoGP leader Jorge Martin, Morbidelli trails his Spanish teammate by 180 points.
Morbidelli will line up alongside Fabio Di Giannantonio at VR-46 next season.
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