The MotoGP legend struck a deal with the Ja🎶panese manufacturer to bring his team under their banner, report.

The de🃏al is a two-year contract covering 2025 and 2026, and 🍃was agreed last week in Qatar.

Next year, VR46 will remain as a Ducati satellite team for the final yea𝓀r of their contract with the Italian brand.

But the longer teꦍrm future for Rossi’s squad has been speculated upon all season.

Earlier this year, he became a brand ambassador for Yamaha - the team which remai🐻ns synonymous with his gr♍eatest successes.

Yamaha, both this season and in 2024, are the only manufacture♓r to run just two bikes on the MotoGP grid.

They have been actively see▨king a way to also run a satellite team, and VR46 now appear to fit🧜 the bill.

VR46 have also struck a three-year deal with Indonesian oil company Pertamina Lubricants to become their title sponsor, beginning next seaso🔯n.

This will carry them thꦑrough their reported two-year alliance𝔉 with Yamaha.

One VR46 rider could even receive a factory-spec bike in 2𒀰025 while under the Yamaha umbrella, theౠ report states.

Tꦍhat creates an interesting scenario for Marco Bezzecchi, in particular.

Although currently the VR46’s year-old Ducatiꦜs a♚re more competitive than the Yamaha run by Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli.

VR46 challenged for the MotoGP championship via Bezzecchi this season and will hope for another productive year in their current home in 2024 before this mooted significant chan🍌ge.