The Angel Nieto Team may have looked into alternatives, but the MotoGP squad is poised to announce a renewal with Ducati in the coming weeks after coming to an agreement at Jerez regarding 2019.

The Angel Nieto Team has expressed an interest in running Yamaha machinery in MotoGP from 2019 onwards, after Tech 3’s shock decision to end its ties with the Japanese factory at the end of this year.