In 2019 Razlan Razali had taken its structure, already operating in Moto2 and Moto3, to the great leap in MotoGP, supported by the sponsor Petronas, his compatriot and with whom he had already collaborated when he was on the board of directors of the Sepang track. The first two seasons, with Yamaha bikes, were exceptional thanks to the lucky choice of the pair of riders formed by Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli. The two, who joined the team after several ‘no’ from some big names like Dani Pedrosa or Jorge Lorenzo, collected exciting results, with the Italian who finished second in the 2020 World Championship, a year of grace for the team, which was able to climb on the top step of the podium on six occasions, equally distributed between the two centaurs. 2021, on the other hand, coincided with the arrival of Valentino Rossi in the team, for the last season in MotoGP, but also with the technical and financial crisis of the team, which was basically left suddenly by Petronas, the key to the entire project.
So Razali had to close the Moto2 and Moto3 teams, and look for a suitable sponsor to be able to secure the necessary financial support to close the accounts for a season in the premier class. This is how the Italian company knocked on the team’s door WithU, operating in the field of electricity, gas and telephony. But 2022 turned out to be even more disastrous in terms of results compared to the previous season and WithU managers have made no secret of their intention to disengage from the project for the next championship – even at the cost of paying a penalty to withdraw from the three-year contract -, after Razali had formalized the agreement to switch to Aprilia bikes for 2023.
The RNF team therefore found itself last September without economic security in view of the future and asked Dorna for a hand in finding a suitable investor. According to the chronicle of Speedweekthe partner would have been found in the Romanians of CryptoDATA Tech and the agreement between the parties will be unveiled right over the weekend in Valencia. The company operating in the field of cryptocurrencies will therefore cover the role of main sponsor, after having appeared on RNF motorcycles already in the weekends of Australia and Malaysia.
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