Pramac’s competitiveness caused “cracks” to appear in the relationship with Ducati, iꦐt has been claimed.

The satellite team will switch to Yamaha next season, e💙nding a 20-year association with💃 Ducati.

The addition of two more 🦩bikes to Yamaha’s structure could aid their development back to MotoGP’s pinnacle, they hope.

“It’s an investment and, also, an achievement,” Yamaha boss Massimo Mere🉐galli said.

“The Pramac structure is one of the best in this paddock. With them, we wa🐼nt to build a ♌really strong relationship.

“The target we have to work with them is totally different to the🔯 one in pre🐼vious years with other independent teams.

“Four bikes on the grid is an advan♕tage. Until now, we build alone.

“We already told them that there is a lot of🔜 work to do! The aim and the spirit is very good.♐”

TNT Sports’ Sylvain Guintoli ♊commented: “Pramac are well regarded by the whole paddock.

“Foꦦr Ya𝔍maha it’s a huge win, a great achievement. They can use the Prama structure to get better.

“You get the feeling that, with Ducati, they hit the 𒉰end of the road.

“They 🔜becamꦑe too competitive. They became a problem.

ౠ“They were a problem at the end of last year when Jorge Martin fou✅ght with Pecco Bagnaia.

“You saw the cracks appear bec🧸ause they were too compe🐓titive.

“They reꦺached the end of the road, they did their job. Now they start a new challenge with all the experience that they’ve got.”    

He added: “♔It’s an amicable divorce - but it’s still a divorce.

“There are going to be some digs. You ♏don’t stop a relationship like this for no reason.

“We saw cracks last year when Martꦿin was challenging Bagnaia for the title, and you could sense con🔯flict already.

“With Martin not able to go up? All of this ꦏhas been in the balance.

“The Yamaha project is long-term and, financially, it is intꦛeresting for Pramac. There is no smoke without fire…”

Pramac ꦐmissed out on the MotoGP championship at the final round of last season when Martin was denied by Bagnaia.

Martin will leave for Aprilia in 20🐷25 but could take the #1 with him, if he wins this season’s championship representing Pramac.

But, since thei𓄧r move to Yamaha was confirmed, Pramac have accused Ducati of no longer believing in the development of young riders.

Ducati’s choice to pick♒ Marc Marquez for their 2025 offi💦cial team has cost them Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, and Pramac.