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

“For me, it makes sense for VR46 to push for factory 🀅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 satelli🤡te teams.

Yamaha are heavily pushing to acquire a second team, alongside💯 their factory team, to double their pr꧂esence on the 2025 grid.

Gresini, VR46 and Pramac - the trio of Ducati sate♛llite teams - have all been linked.

“It changes literally by the day and depending on who you speak to in the paddock,” Neil Hodgson said on TN🐲T Sports in Jerez.

“My gut feelin🎀g is that we’ll see another Yamaha team. It would make sense.”

Sylvain Guintoli said: “There ar💜e talks of Pramac going to Yamaha.

“I think this is very much depending on who gets the two facto꧟ry Ducatis.

“If VR46 push for two factory Ducatis, and ge🦂t them, then Pramac won’t ca♊rry on. They won’t accept bikes from the year before.

“For me, it makesꦜ sense for VR46 to push for factory b🥀ikes.

“With the stature of the team, and how good they’ve been 😼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 Ducatis] so they caꦰn’t be at Pramac and VR46.”

Pramac and VR46 are out of contract w🐈ith Ducati this year, and are in talks over their future.

VR46 reportedly rejected Yamah﷽a’s advances, despite the mutual link of Valentino Rossiꦐ.

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

It has been mooted that Pramac could choose the investment that Yamaha mayไ be willing to make, ratꦕher than stay with Ducati.

Gresini are💛 contracted with Ducati for another year but, in Jerez, were the subject of surprise links to Yamaha.

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

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