Heading into the 2026 MotoGP season, Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Group has unveiled its racing colors. As one of many Ducati privateer groups, Pertamina VR46 will see its marketing campaign led by Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.
In final 12 months’s MotoGP, Di Giannantonio, recognized to followers as “Diggia”, completed the 2026 season sixth, whereas Morbidelli got here in simply behind in seventh. The VR46 workforce, with famed bike racer Valentino Rossi as workforce proprietor, first began racing in MotoGP in 2022, with Marco Bezzechi profitable “Rookie of the Yr” of their maiden season.
For 2026, VR46 Racing Group will once more be mounting their problem driving Ducatis, the Desmosedici GP. Displacing 1,000 cc with the engine in a V-four configuration, the Desmosedici makes use of Ducati’s Desmodromic valve actuation to open and shut the consumption and exhaust valves.
Producing over 250 hp, the Desmosedici GP is able to a most velocity of over 350 km/h. Braking is equipped by Brembo, with twin 340 mm diameter carbon-fibre discs stopped by four-piston callipers, whereas the rear will get a single stainless-steel disc with two-piston calliper.
Suspension is doe by Ohlins, with the entrance forks utilizing carbon-fibre outer tubes and an Ohlins monoshock, adjustable for sprig preload advert rebound damping. Weight for the Desmosedici GP is listed at 157 kg dry.