Pebalap sekaligus legenda hidup MotoGP, Valentino Rossi terus menyiapkan transisi hidupnya menjadi pemilik tim balap kelas dunia. Tim balap Rossi "VR46 Racing Team" dikabarkan sudah mendaftarkan dua pebalap muda untuk ikut kejuaraan dunia Moto3 mulai tahun depan.
Menurut harian olahraga lokal Italia, Gazzeta dello Sporto, VR46 Racing Team masuk dalam daftar 17 tim yang resmi mengajukan aplikasi pendaftaran ke penyelenggara Grand Prix Selection Committee yang ditutup 13 September lalu. Bearti, Rossi harus menyetorkan sejumlah dana ke komite dan mendaftarkan nama pebalap yang dipilih untuk ikut di kejuaraan tersebut.
Komite Seleksi berwenang menelaah, memeriksa dan memilih tim dan pebalap yang bisa ikut kejuaran Moto3. Jika satu tim sudah memenuhi persyaratan yang diminta, termasuk perwakilan dari Asosiasi Tim Balap Internasional (International Road Racing Teams Association) dan promotor balap Dorna, maka tim itu bisa ikut kejuaraan. Apalagi bila diketahui tim itu mendapat dukungan penuh dari Valentino Rossi!
Dua pebalap muda disebut-sebut siap jadi punggawa VR46RT, adalah Romano Fenati dan Luca Marini yang punya hubungan darah dengan Rossi. Sebagai pancuan, tim akan mengandaldkan sepeda motor dari KTM.
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TECHNICAL DATA
KTM Moto3 250 GPR (Production Racer 2013)
Engine: Single cylinder, liquid cooled / 4-stroke / DOHC
Displacement / Bore x Stroke: 249,5 ccm / 81 x 48,5 mm
Performance: min. 37 kW at 13.000 rpm
Engine speed: max. 13.500 rpm
Front Suspension: WP / DM 45 mm, RCMA3548
Rear Suspension: WP / adjust. length, hydraulic preload
Brakes front/rear: Brembo Radial caliper, 290 / 190 mm single disc
Rims front/rear: OZ Forged Aluminium 2,5 x 17 / 3,5 x 17
Tires front/rear: Dunlop 95/70-17 / 115/70-17
Silencer: Akrapovic Full Titanium System (max. 108 dB)
Frame: Tubular steel with adjust. headstock and swing arm pivot
Dry weight/tank capacity: approx. 83 kg / approx. 11 l
Gene:
GP125 (geometry, ergonomics, aerodynamic, components)
MOTOGP-MOTOR (Layout cylinder head and throttle body)
RC8 R SBK (electronics, frame knowhow, material/machining)
MX (lubrication system, gear box, clutch, kinematics valve train)
Technologies:
WP Suspension, WP Radiator & WP Rahmenbau
KTM Technologies
KISKA Industrial Design
PANKL Racing Systems
WETHJE Kunststofftechnik
Orders open: 01.07.2012
Orders close: 01.10.2012 for season 2013
Delivery: February 2013
Price: 45,000 EUR (excl. VAT.)
Contact: motorsport@ktm.com
Spoiler for crash.net:
Valentino Rossi-backed Moto3 team now confirmed as having filed an entry for the 2014 World Championship.
Valentino Rossi is to start a Moto3 team, running Romano Fenati and possibly half-brother Luca Marini on KTM machinery in 2014.
Rumours that Rossi would become involved in a Moto3 team have been circling for months.
But in August the seven time MotoGP champion insisted the plan was just to start a 'VR46 Riders Academy', to help support young Italian racers, rather than an actual team.
However Italy's SportMediaset reports that the Italian Federation will no longer field the San Carlo-backed Team Italia squad next year, leaving 2012 race winner Fenati in need of a team.
Italy's Sky TV will sponsor the new VR46 project, while KTM machines are also confirmed - and an obvious choice, having won every Moto3 grand prix so far this year.
"We have joined forces with Sky in order to give the Italian riders the opportunity to be competitive and reach the highest levels," said Rossi.
The identity of Fenati's team-mate is not yet known, but Rossi's half-brother Marini is unsurprisingly being tipped as a possibility. Marini - currently second in the Italian Moto3 championship - made his grand prix debut as a wild-card last time at Misano, but fell at the first turn.
Teams wishing to enter next year's Moto2 or Moto3 World Championships submitted their requests at the San Marino Grand Prix. Further details on the 2014 entries will be made available after the next selection meeting at the Malaysian Grand Prix, in October.
However the official MotoGP website has confirmed that the new VR46/Sky team "has already forwarded an official entry application to MotoGP governing body the FIM and commercial rights holder Dorna Sports in order to participate in the Moto3 class."
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