The expert verdict on what Pramac Yamaha should do with t꧙heir second 2026 ra♍ce seat has arrived.

The signing of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu has kickstarted the rider market.

Razgatlioglu will leave the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Championship and represent the Yamaha satellite team in their 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2026 MotoGP rider line-up.

But who will his teammate be?

Pramac currently run Jack Miller, whose contract expires this ♉year. And Miguel Oliveira, who has a deal for 2026.

But could they opt to replace both riders and appo🍎int a second newcomer?

Our writers provide their verdicts...

Peter McLaren: 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller is rumoured to have offers from World Superbike but for me he deserves anothe🌺r year on the M1. Other than Fabio Quartararo, he's the only rider to have shown real speed ꦚwith the Yamaha this year.

Even if his race results haven't backed that up, he's still the🐠 second Yamaha in the MotoGP standi🦹ngs.

Moto2 title leader Manuel Gonzalez - who, like Toprak, is also a f✃ormer Yamaha rider - was rumoured to be on Pramac's radar even befor🌄e his impressive MotoGP debut with Trackhouse at the Aragon test.

Gonzalez could well be a star of the future but Miller's feedback and previous experience at Honda, Ducati and KTM is probably more valuable to Yamaha at this time - especially with a V4 in the pipeline ꧃for 2026 and new 850cc to create for 2027. 

Quartararo has only ever raced a Yamaha and if they sign another rookie alongside Toprak it would leave only Alex Rins with ex🎶perience of another MotoGP bike.

Miller joining Yamah💫a's Suzuka 8 Hour team will also go down well in Japan. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveria's injuries mean he hasn't had a proper chance to show what he can do on the M1 yet, but with Toprak now c𝓀onfirmed someone will have to make room and it's rumoured there is a clause in his contract. 

Before Oliveira's Aragon test debrief, the Pra🐬mac press officer told the media we could only ask questions about the test, shutting down talk about next year. If Oliveria's 'two-year' deal was safe there would have been no need to do that. 

Instead of being confirmed alongside Toprak, Yamaha's announcement duly concluded: "Further details regarding the 2026 line-up of the Pri🌳ma Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Team will be communicated in due course."

Alex Whitworth: The question of Pramac’s second seat for 2026 feels like one that has been in the asking for a while by now and it’s still not especially either 🔥what will or what should happen with it.

The most sensible choice is to just keep Oliveira – he has💞 a contract fo⛎r next year and breaking it would likely be quite messy.

But Oliveira’s best finish this year is a 14th. You can excuse it with the fact he missed four races through injury, but it is also true that the Portuguese rider has rarely looked like a rider who can consistent🐽ly challenge at the front of MotoGP races since he last wo🐻n at Barcelona in 2021 on the factory KTM.

If the decision was made to replace Oliౠveira, Manuel Gonzalez is the clear choice, since neither Tony Arbolino nor Izan Guevara in the Pramac Yamaha Moto2 team are particularly excelling this year.

Gonzalez also has a MotoGP test under his belt now, and it seemed to go quite well. It would even🐻 be a reunion of sorts for Gonzalez and Yamaha, the Spaniard having raced an R6 in  WorldSSP before moving to Moto2 with the Yamaha VR46 MasterCamp in 2022.

As such, Gonzalez is a ♑talent that Yamaha knows and his test on the Trackhouse RS-GP showed Yamaha that he has the potential to make the step up to MotoGP quite sm🌠oothly.

Gonzalez, then, is the clear choice to replace Oliveira – if they choose to replace him. Which, I think, they should refrain from for a while long🗹er to give the Portuguese a proper run of races post-injury.

Jordan Moreland: For me, they've got to keep Mi𒀰ller. He has thrived at Yamaha since joining them at the start of 2025, and it feels like he has really ingrained himself into the culܫture of the factory and the project. 

Whilst Oliveira has been unlucky with injury, I don🅠't think he has been good enough to keep his seat ahead of Jack. Oliveira's time at RNF Aprilia and Trackhouse was very underwhelming, considering t⛦he good job he did at KTM. 

However, it has been a similar story at Pramac so far for Oliveira; he has been the slowest Yamaha, and it is fair to say that the factory would have expected more from a five-time MꦑotoGP race winner.

As Yamaha has rewarded Miller to spearhead their factꦉory effort at the Suzuka 8 Ho💝urs, that to me indicates how much they appreciate his efforts. 

D🌌espite him being on a one-year deal, I do think he'll be retained by Yamaha an✨d we'll see him and Razgatlioglu alongside each other at Pramac in 2026.

Derry Munikartono: Following the Razgatlioglu announcement, both Pramac and Yamaha are facing a major headache regarding the second seat. In my view, Oliveira and Miller remain the leading✅ contenders for a seat alongside Toprak. But here’s the catch...

From a performance perspective, Miller is the obvious choice. The Aussie has already shown strong adaptability in transitioning from KTM to Yamaha, consistently emerging as the second-best YZR-M1 rider behind Quartararo. However, Miller is on a one-year contract that expires at the end of this season. In contrast, Oliveira has a more secure two-year deal running through 2026. Yet, his slow adaptation to Yamaha b🍸ike and his injury history work against him.

My verdict꧂? Pramac and Yamaha should do whatever it takes to retain Miller ov💖er Oliveira. He’s the quicker, fitter rider - and exactly what Yamaha needs alongside Razgatlioglu next season.