“Gut feeling” that Yamaha will succeed in pursuit of a satellite team
“For me, it makes𒅌 sense for V💟R46 to push for factory bikes..."

Rumours spread through th♍e paddock at the Spanish MotoGP about the fate𓃲 of several satellite teams.
Yamaha are heavily pushing to acquire a second team, alongside t🌌heir factory team, to double their presence on the 2025 grid.
Gresini, VR46 and Pramac - the trio 𝐆of Ducati sate🐼llite teams - have all 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 Jerez.
“My gut feeling is that we’ll see another Yamaha team. It would make ✃sense.”
Syl👍vain Guintoli said: “There are talks of Pramac go𝔍ing to Yamaha.
“I think this is very﷽ much depending 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 senဣse 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 that could hapജpen.💞 We don’t know.
“But we do know that there will only be four [factory-spec Ducatis] so they can’t be at Pramac a🍨nd VR46.♉”
Pramac and VR46 are out of contract with ꦿDucati this year, and are in talks over their future.
VR46 rep🍷ortedly rejected Yamaha’s adv𒁃ances, despite the mutual link of Valentino Rossi.
Pr🔯amac have an option in their current Ducati deal to stay for two more years with factory-spec machinery but no co🗹nfirmation has arrived yet.
It has been mooted that Pramac could choose the investment that Yamaha mayꩵ be willing to make, rather than stay with Ducati.
Gresini are contracted with Ducati for another ye🃏ar but, in Jerez, we✱re the subject of surprise links to Yamaha.
Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is adamant that the Japanese manufacturer will succeed in their pursuit of a second team fo🤡r 2025.

James was a sports jou🐻rnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from America🐼n sports, to football, to F1.