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# RNF MotoGP team to race special livery for new majority owner
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/rnf-motogp-team-to-race-special-livery-for-new-majority-owner/
- Published: 2022-11-06T09:54:26.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-15T18:00:34.000Z
- Description: MotoGP team RNF will run a bright-coloured livery in the Valencia finale, to mark the arrival of a new majority owner
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: MotoGP, #image-center-center

Satellite MotoGP team RNF will swap its regular blue paint scheme for a bright-coloured livery in the Valencia finale, to mark the arrival of a new majority owner.

The RNF team, established by former Sepang circuit boss Razlan Razali as a successor to the Petronas SRT operation following Petronas’s withdrawal, has had Italian energy provider WithU as its title sponsor this year.

But WithU [made it clear in September](https://www.the-race.com/motogp/rnf-set-to-lose-title-sponsor-ahead-of-aprilia-motogp-switch/) it was intending to walk away ahead of 2023 – a season that will mark RNF’s switch from being a Yamaha customer to fielding a pair of 2022-spec Aprilia RS-GPs for Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez.

RNF announced earlier this weekend that Romanian company CryptoDATA Tech – “a blockchain-applied technologies pioneer and developer of hardware and software cybersecurity solutions” – had become a majority shareholder of the outfit.

And while the team remains entered as WithU RNF, the livery introduced for Valencia is virtually devoid of the Italian company’s branding.

> What a beast!! Check out the unveiling of our special [#ValenciaGP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ValenciaGP?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) Livery 🤩[#rnfmotogpteam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/rnfmotogpteam?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [@CryptoDATA\_Tech](https://twitter.com/CryptoDATA%5FTech?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [#DiscoverPrivacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DiscoverPrivacy?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [#greenpowergenerators](https://twitter.com/hashtag/greenpowergenerators?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [@MotoGP](https://twitter.com/MotoGP?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [@calcrutchlow](https://twitter.com/calcrutchlow?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) | [@DarrynBinder40](https://twitter.com/DarrynBinder40?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com) [pic.twitter.com/Y6lFVnMUoS](https://t.co/Y6lFVnMUoS?ref=the-race.com)
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> — RNF Racing MotoGP Team (@rnfracingteam) [November 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/rnfracingteam/status/1589189883234779138?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=the-race.com)

Razali described CryptoDATA’s investment as “a long-term commitment”. The company was also the title sponsor of the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.

RNF’s current riders, Cal Crutchlow – who, as Yamaha test rider, was called up to replace the retired Andrea Dovizioso – and Darryn Binder, will start the race from 17th and 24th respectively.