"Who’s the guy in white next to Marquez?"

On the sidelines of the San Marino Grand Prix which will take place on September 9 at the Marco Simoncelli circuit in Misano, five MotoGP riders will be received at the Vatican by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known by his pseudo Pope Francis.

It is "a historic event", rejoices Dorna, Spanish promoter of the Moto Grands Prix. The five (happy?) Chosen are Marc Márquez and his teammate Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team), Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing), Andrea Iannone (Suzuki Ecstar) and Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing).

Valve and valves

They will be accompanied by Carmelo Ezpeleta (boss of Dorna Sports), Paolo Simoncelli (father of), Giovanni Copioli (president of the Italian Motorcycling Federation), Giovanni Malagò and Carlo Mornati, respectively president and secretary general of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI ).

The participants in this "private tour" will probably not approach the or the MotoGP, but "each rider will give him one of his helmets as a gift", specifies the organizer. Not sure that His Holiness would really use it from the top of his popemobile … Unless of course if a Vatican GP was added to the MotoGP calendar, failing the !

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