Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team unveils first MotoGP livery

After 26 seasons of grand prix racing, Rossi retired from racing at the end of the 2021 campaign.  

Earlier in 2021 VR46 announced it would be expanding into MotoGP in 2022, having run teams in Moto3 and Moto2 previously – while Luca Marini’s side of the Avintia garage was run by VR46 last year. 

VR46’s MotoGP genesis was shrouded in controversy from the start when a Saudi…