“Gut feeling” that Yamaha will succeed in pursuit of a satellite team

“For me, it makes sense for VR46 to push for factory bi🍸kes..."

Alex Rins, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April
Alex Rins, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP, 26 April

Rumours spread through the paddock at the Spanish MotoGP about the fate of several satellite🐎 teams.

Yamaha are heavily pushing to acquire a second team, alongside tওheir factory team, to double their presence on the 2025 grid.

Gresini, VR46 and Pr🃏amac - the trio of Ducati satellite teams -♌ have all been linked.

“It changes🃏 literally by the day and depending on who you speak to in the 𒐪paddock,” Neil Hodgson said on TNT Sports in Jerez.

“My gut feeling is that we’ll see anඣother Yamaha team. It woulꦗd make sense.”

Syl🍷vain Guintoli said: “There are talks of Prꦫamac going to Yamaha.

“I think this is veജry much dep♓ending 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 th💧e year before.

“For me, it mak🌳es sense for VR46 to push for𓄧 factory bikes.

“With the stature of the team, and how good🐈 they’ve been i🉐n the past year, maybe it’s something that could happen. We don’t know.

“But we do know that there will only be four [factory-spec Ducatis] so theyꩵ can’t be at Pra♛mac and VR46.”

Pramac and VR46 are out of contract with Ducati this year, and are in talks oveღr their future.

VR46 reportedly rej♉ected Yamaha’s advances, despite the mut🗹ual link of Valentino Rossi.

Pramac have꧑ an option in their current Ducati deal to stay for two more years with factory-spec machinery but no confirmation has arrived yet.

It has been mooted that Pramac could choose the investment that Yamaha may be willing to make, rathe🤡r than stay with Ducati.

Gresini are contracted with Duc♏ati for another year but, in Jerez, were the subject of surprise links to Yamaha.

Yama💦ha boss Lin Jarvis is adamant that the Japanese manufacture🐓r will succeed in their pursuit of a second team for 2025.

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