The GOAT aims to take MotoGP title and hopes his VR46 Academy stars can claim crowns in smaller classes.
Valentino Rossi and his army of VR46 Academy protégés have set themselves the ambitious target of securing victory in all three classes in 2017.
In Moto3, Rossi’s SKY-backed team of Andrea Migno and Nicolò Bulega have the potential to fight for the title while in Moto2 his VR46 Academy riders Lorenzo Baldassarri and Rossi’s own brother Luca Marini will be going all out for glory riding for the proven Forward Racing squad.
The 2017 season will also see Rossi’s own team expand into Moto2, with the same Team SKY set-up he runs in Moto3 now operating in Moto2 with fast Italians Francesco Bagnaia and Stefano Manzi.
This story is from the February 15,2017 edition of MCN Motorcycle News.
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