Rumour swirls through MotoGP that Davide Brivio will return, but not with Honda…

He is a “poss🐻ibl🌟e successor” to Lin Jarvis at Yamaha, report.
Brivio famously was Yamaha’s team manager between ♍2004-2010.
2024 “could be the last year” for Jarvis as the managing director of the Japanese manufacturer, 💧the✱ report states.
Brivio’s “pres♏ence could be key” to luring Valentino Rossi’s VR46 MotoGP team across, to become a Yamaha satelli🌺te squad.
VR46 are tied to Ducat𓆏i this year but are considering whether to stay or go.
Rossi’s personal🔯 history with Yamaha is legendary, and Brivio was the man behind it.
Brivio convinc🧜ed Rossi to trade Honda for Yamaha in 2004, beginning the most iconic rider ෴and team combination in MotoGP history.
Rossi’s arrival helped Yamaha out of the doldrums havi⛦ng failed to win a single race in the season prior - they fiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd themselves in a similar situation today.
Briv♚io was heavily linked to the major rebuild at Honda, when he confirmed his exit fr🐈om his role with the Alpine Formula 1 team recently.
That period with Alpine, which included a change in🐷 his job role, was ended a year ahead of schedule and it was anticipated that was to allow Brivio to return to the MotoGP paddock.
But no move to Honda has m﷽aterialised and Yamaha could now be the ideal landing spot.
Brivio has also led Joan Mir t🙈o the MotoGP title in 2020 as the boss at 🎶Suzuki.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sporℱts for a decade covering everything from Amer🃏ican sports, to football, to F1.