Are the fates of Marc Marquez and Yamaha strangely intertwined?

The common denominator is Pramac Ducati

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

The futures of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and Yamaha could be oddly linked.

The common denominator is Pramac Ducati.

This weekend’s Catalunya 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP comes am🎶id the ba🍒ckdrop of two massive negotiations happening behind-the-scenes.

The first is Ducati’s decision over their 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up, and who to give the official bike to.

The second is Pramac’s decision of whether to stick with Ducati or become a Yamaha satellite team next yearꦍ.

And those two big decisions both have Marquez incꦿluded in the mix.

Marquezꦬ wants a 2025-spec Ducati next year, he has made ꦿit clear.

Ducati are 🦄deciding whether current incumbent Enea Bastianini will be replaced by Gresini’s Marquez or Pramac’s Jorge Martin.

But Marquez has seemingly softened his stance about demanding a promotion into the factory team, as long as he receives a💖 factory-spec bike.

“Regardless of the colour or brand”, Marquez said, hin🍌ting he is not only looking for the red Ducati.

That brings Pramac into the equation.

Pramac know ♊they will lose Martin next year - he has vowed to either finally go to the factory Ducati team, or quit the manufacturer altogether.

Pramac could offer Marquez a latest-spec bike, just aꦚs they do now with Martin.

Martin is topping the MotoGP standings after fiv𝓀e r▨ounds, proving he does not require extra factory support to contend for the title. Marquez will have surely noted this.

For Pramac, the🔯 allure of welcoming the esteemed Marquez into their garage is obvious.

And it would surely keep them i🙈n the fight for the championsh♊ip in 2025, whereas a duo of Franco Morbidelli and (likely) Fermin Aldeguer would be unlikely to guarantee that.

But Pramac can only offer a ‘25-spec Desmo𝓡sedici to Marquez if they commit to Ducati for the 🐬next two years.

If they do, the Ducati bosses mig❀ht see Pramac as the ideal landing spot for Mar𒊎quez.

Ducati could arguably✨ promote Martin to the factory team, and hand Marquez over to Pramac, giving him the factory-spec bike he wants, iﷺf they can make the finances work.

Pramac are pondering whether to activate a contractual clause in their current deal which would tie them to Ducati fo🦹r 2025 and 2026, with factory machinery.

But they also have an offer to join Yamaha next season, which would reportedly be financially attractive for Paolo Campinoti’🔴s team.

Yamaha are de💃sperate to add a ಌsatellite team, to double their presence on the 2025 grid.

Lin Jarvis said recently that the Japanese manufacturer is confident of attracting✅ one of the existing ✤teams.

But VR46 reportedly turned Yamaha down, despite the mutual link of Valentino Rossi, and Gresini have confirmed that their status as a Ducati team will not change n🌄ext year.

That leaves Pramac as their laℱst hope 🍷to achieve their masterplan.

Pramac are stuck in the middle - do they stick with Du🉐cati and bring Marquez in? Or do they flee to Yamaha?

And if they go to 💃Yamaha, but Ducati want Martin in their factory team, then what will Marquez do in 202🐠5?

It is viable that Pramac choose to go to Yamaha, Ducati pick Martin as their factory rider, and Marquez and Bastianini are both left searching the garages of rival brands for the best bike available. That brings 🃏KTM and Aprilia into play.

Ducati have promised to make their rider deci꧒sion by Mugello at the end o𓆉f May.

Pramac reportedly have until the end of July to decide between staying or going to 🦋Yamaha🦄.

This weekend’s round in Barcelona will add aꦉ further layer of detail to a very complex situation…

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