The relationship between the VR46 and Pramac teams is report🥂edly “strained” as they each negotiate their own futures with Ducati.

The contracts of VR46 and Pramac as Ducati satellite teams will expire at the end of this year, and bo♐th are trying to renew🥃 with favourable terms.

Meanwhile, Yamaha lurk in the background, trying to convince one of MotoGP’s existing satellite teams to join them for 2025 a🐠nd beyond.

But VR46 is “one step away” from signing a new con🦄tract to 🌱stay with Ducati, report.

Despite Valentino ♛Rossi’s personal history, and ongoing ambassador role, with Yamaha, the decision has been made for his team൲ to remain with Ducati.

Their fresh contract will be for 2025 and 2026 with an option to🎐 extend further, into the new MotoGP regulations era.

Howev﷽er, VR46 hav♉e failed in their wish to receive factory bikes with their new contract.

Instead, they will continueඣ to ride year-old machines.

What is Pramac's situation?

Pramac are mulling over🏅 an option in their current contract to automatically renew terms with Ducati for two more years.

They have until the MotoGP summe♑r break to clarify whether they will activat🐻e the clause, which will mean keeping the two factory bikes that they currently enjoy.

Pramac’s Jorge Marꦡtin currently leads the championship riding a GP24.

If Pramac choose not to renew their stay with Ducati, then V🃏Rꩵ46 would likely be given a pair of factory bikes in 2025.

Relationships between VR46 and Pramac have b༺ecome “strained” which means Ducati are “open to any possiꦚbilities”, the report states.

Yamaha have set their sights on luring Pramac to their ranks in 2025, after faili🥀ng with ♋VR46.

But Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis needs an answer soon.

“There’s not a hard deadline, as such,” Jarvis sai🐷d. “No rule, nothing defined.

“But I think the latest will ✱be by Mugello [May 31-June 2].

“Prior to Mugello, everything should be sorted.

“The only hard deadline you have is for your futur🍷e planning, when you make investments.

“When you talk about budgets, talk about making extra materials or not, you need to know b❀y June.

“So that is, more or less, the time.”

Adding a third and a fourth bike to the grid is a crucial part of Yamaha’s recovery plan𓆉, which included signing Fabio Quartararo to the most lucrative rider contract in MotoGP today.