“Gut feeling” that Yamaha will succeed in pursuit of a satellite team
“For me, it makes sense for VR46 🌄to push for factory bikes..."

Rumours spread through the paddock at the Spanish MotoGP about the fate of several satellite✃ teams.
Yamaha are heaviꦓly pushing to acquire a second ෴team, alongside their factory team, to double their presence on the 2025 grid.
Gresini, VR46 and Pramac - the trio of Ducati satellite teams - have al🔯l been linked.
“It changes literally by the day and depending on who you speak to in the paddock,” Neil Hodgson said on TNT Sports in Je🔯rez.
“My gut feeling is that we’🉐ll see another Yamaha team. Iꦑt would make sense.”
Sylvain Guintoli said: 🔯“There are talks of Pramac going to Yamaha.
“I think 💖this is very much ꦦdepending on who gets the two factory Ducatis.
“If VR46 push for two factory Ducatis, and get them, then Pramac won’t carry✃ on. They won♎’t accept bikes from the year before.
“For me, it 💎makes sense for VR46 to push for🐻 factory bikes.
“With the stature of the team, and how good they’ve been in the past year, maybe it’s something t🐓hat could happen. We ꦰdon’t know.
“But we do know that there will only be four [factory-spec Ducaꦅtis] so they can’t be at Pramac an𓆉d VR46.”
Pramac and VR46🧸 are out of contract with Ducati this year, and are in talks over their future.
VR46 reportedly rejected Yamaha’s advances�ไ�, despite the mutual link of Valentino Rossi.
Pramac have an option in their current Ducati deal to stay for ღtwo more years with factory-spec machinery but no confirmation has arrived yet.
It has 🐻been mooted tha♋t Pramac could choose the investment that Yamaha may be willing to make, rather than stay with Ducati.
Gresini are contracted with Ducati for another year but, in Jerez, were the subject of surprise links to Yam🎉aha.
Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is adamant that the Japanese manufacturer will succeed in their pursuit of a second team for 20🐲25.

James was a sports journalist at Sky S🐈ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, tಌo F1.