Throughout his career, Valentino Rossi was always accompanied by one of his closest friends, Uccio Salucci – who eventually became one of his right-hand men and a leader at the VR46 Racing Team.
The team, already a champion in Moto2, surprised this year in MotoGP, guiding Marco Bezzecchi to third place in the championship and securing their first victories in the premier class.
As the current team director, Salucci was confronted by Corriere dello Sport about 2023 being a season that silenced his critics. In response, the Italian stated:
– For some, I was [Rossi’s] friend who did nothing. To be honest, this changes nothing for me: if they had bothered me by being right, then today I would be content with it. But since I knew before that those who said such things weren’t correct, it never affected me.