Pablo Nieto reveals what Valentino Rossi thinks of the VR46 MotoGP team.
The 47-year-old Rossi is arguably the greatest rider in MotoGP history, having won seven world titles, including five in a row from 2001 to 2005, as well as wins in 2008 and 2009.
During his career, Rossi represented Honda, Yamaha and Ducati before ending his MotoGP season in 2021.
In the year In 2014, Rossi founded VR46 to introduce young Italian talent to Grand Prix racing.
Since 2021, VR46 has participated in MotoGP, with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli as their current drivers.
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Pablo Nieto ‘excited’ after Valentino Rossi tells him what he really thinks about VR46
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, VR46 Team Manager Nieto revealed this. Di Giannantonio’s victory in Barcelona was ‘special’.
He also said he was ‘excited’ when it arrived. Rossi He told him what he thought of VR46.
Speaking to a Spanish news outlet AsNieto said: “The reality is that it was a special Sunday, especially because of how the race was played, how it happened on Sunday and the seriousness of the situation that Digia was involved in the accident.”
“It was very special to end up winning. To be honest, I didn’t really understand what had happened until I got to the hotel on Sunday night.
“I didn’t watch the replay because I was trying to set up Deji’s bike and he hurt his finger a little bit. We were fixing everything, and I didn’t watch the replay or anything.”
“All I kept asking was how much time was left before we had to go back. So, with anxiety and worry, I couldn’t really see everything until I got home.”
Asked if it was good to have Rosi there when the team won the Catalan Grand Prix, Neo said: “Yes, especially because it’s nice to have him here, to see the team we are.”
He already knows, right? But when he came and said, ‘We’re a great team,’ I was very happy.”
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Nieto He went to the stage to celebrate By GiantantonioReflecting on the experience, the win said: “Yes, and it’s something I would never do in MotoGP.
“To be honest, I don’t go there very often and I’d rather have the team go out, then I’ll have time for myself later.
But it is true that I would never go in MotoGP and we were in Spain, in Barcelona, ​​so I said ‘this time I will go up’.
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