“Gut feeling” that Yamaha will succeed in pursuit of a satellite team

“For me, it ♛makes sense for VR46 to push for fact⭕ory bikes..."

Alex Rins, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April
Alex Rins, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April

Rumours spread through the paddock at the Spanish MotoGP about the fate of several satellite t𒁃eams.

Yamaha are heavily pushing to acquire a second team, alon🤪gside their factory team, to double their presence on the 2025 grid.

Gresini, VR46 and Pramac - the trio of Ducati satellite teams - have all b📖een linked.

“It changes lit♍erally by the day and depending on who you speak to in the paddock,” Neil Hodgson said on TNT Sports in Jerez.

“My gut feeling is t❀hat we♛’ll see another Yamaha team. It would make sense.”

Sylvain G👍uintoli said: “There are talks of Pramac going to Yamaha.

“I think this is very much depending on who gets the two faꦡctory Ducatis.

“If VR46 push for two factory Ducatis, and get them, then P൲ramac won’t carr🧜y on. They won’t accept bikes from the year before.

“For me, it makes sense for VR46 ♍to push for factory bikes.

“With the stature of the team, and how good they’ve b𒉰een in the past year, maybe it’s something that could happen. We don’t know.

“But we do know that there will only be four [factory-spec Ducatꦰis] so they can’t be at🍬 Pramac and VR46.”

Pramac and VR46 are out of contr🌼act with Ducati this year, and are in talks over their ꧂future.

VR46 reportedly rejected Yamaha’s advances, despite the mutual link of Valentino R✃ossi.

Pramac have an option in their current Ducati deal to stay for two more years with factory-spec machinery but no confirmatꦍion has arrived yet.

It has been mooted that Pramac could choജose the investment that Yamaha may be willing to make, rather than stay with Ducati.

Gresini are contracted with Ducati for aﷺnother year but, in Jerez, were the subject of surprise links to Yamaܫha.

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is adamant that the Japanese manufacturer 🤪will succeed in their pursuit of a second team for 2025.

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