Valentino Rossi plans to appᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚear at more MotoGP races in the New Year.

The MotoGP legend retired three years ago and has since started racing on four♓ wheels.

But, he plans to realign his prioriti🌳es this coming season.

"I regretted not being so present at the races [in 2024] and I 𝓀had less time to work with the riders of our Academy," Rossi told .

"In 2025 I want to be more present in MotoGP🌠 races, so I wi♔ll also do fewer car races for that reason.”

Liberty Media’s takeover of MotoGP is cited in the report as being a reason for Rossi’s intention to🔜 turn ꦐup more frequently.

Rossi retains an obvious link to the key players in MoܫtoGP t♎oday.

Pecco Bagnaia is a VR46 Academy gᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚraduate who, two years ago, became the first of Rossi’s proteges to win the MotoGP title.

Bagnaia will be joined in the faꦕctory Ducati box this year by Marc 🅰Marquez, Rossi’s old rival.

Rossi caused a stir last year by reopening the argument with Marqu💫ez about what happened in 2015, when the Italian bla𓃲med the Spaniard for costing him the title after a series of spats.

Rossi’s protege and Rossi’s enemy teaming up, and riding the๊ best bikes on the grid, will ꦕbe fascinating viewing this year.

The Doctor’s VR46 team is also undergoing a ma🅘jor c💎hange.

After Pramac’s exit as a Ducꩵati satellite team, VR46 will now receive more preferential treatment.

They will have access to one factory-spec bike, so Fabio di Giannantonio wi𒅌ll have the same machinery as Bagnaia and Marquez.

Franco Morbidelli,🐭 another VR46 Acade🔴my graduate, will join the team as Di Giannantonio’s teammate.

Marco Bezzecchi will leave VR46 to join Aprilia, beco🅺ming a factory rider🐷 for the first time.

Ros𓃲si’s brother Luca Marini enters a second seas💯on as a factory Honda rider.