Celestino Vietti will participate within the Valencia MotoGP take a look at with the VR46 Ducati workforce and is relying on phrase from Marco Bezzecchi.
The SpeedRS Moto2 common will substitute Franco Morbidelli on the Valencia take a look at on the morning of the take a look at (November 18th), as Morbidelli fractured his left hand in an accident on the beginning line with Aleix Espargaro earlier than the race final Sunday (November sixteenth), it was introduced by the VR46 Racing Workforce.
Damp situations delayed the beginning of the morning session, however Vietti was in a position to converse to Marco Bezzecchi and different members of the VR46 Riders Academy earlier than driving his first Desmosedici GP.
“He (Bezzecchi) advised me to simply take pleasure in it,” Vietti mentioned on the MotoGP World Feed from Valencia on Tuesday morning.
“And he mentioned to me, ‘Perhaps I can go together with you, I might like to fulfill you.’
“So, if the timing is true, I might wish to exit on the course with you.”
“Earlier, Malo (Luca Marini) and Pecco (Francesco Bagnaia) additionally got here right here to say one thing to me. They’re as excited as I’m,” he added.
“We’re hoping to do properly. The climate is okay, so we’ll simply have to attend for it to dry.”
Vietti, who completed seventh on this 12 months’s Moto2 standings, sees this take a look at solely as a chance to get a really feel for what it is wish to experience a MotoGP bike.
“I used to be able to go dwelling on Monday, however sadly Frankie (Franco Morbidelli) missed the take a look at attributable to harm after which they (VR46 Ducati) mentioned, ‘Perhaps we are able to take a look at with you,'” he mentioned.
“I mentioned, ‘If I might, I might be right here, and I might be pleased to try this.’
“Every little thing goes inline and we are able to do it. So we simply should take pleasure in it and see the way it feels to experience MotoGP.”
“It is actually a dream that each rider has. It is a dream come true to have the potential of doing only one lap, so it is actually good,” he added.
“I wish to take pleasure in at the present time and bear in mind it for the remainder of my life.”
Vietti shouldn’t be the one 2025 Moto2 rider on the Valencia monitor at present, with newly topped world champion Diogo Moreira additionally set to participate in a Valencia take a look at with LCR Honda forward of his step as much as the premier class in 2026.
Three-time Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu can even participate in his first official MotoGP take a look at with the Pramac Yamaha Workforce.
Nicolo Brega can even proceed instead of injured Marc Marquez. Brega will experience in Ducati’s particular throwback livery, which was unveiled on Tuesday morning.
