BMW may have passed up the chance to join MotoGP by taking over tﷺhe Suzuki grid places but Markus Fl🔯asch, appointed Head of BMW Motorrad at the end of last year, has kept the door open to future involvement in the premier-class.

Flasch told German publi🏅cation Motorrad: "BMW M has been a MotoGP vehicle partner for years. As BMW M boss, I have been to all the races, I know the people in charge and we are a brand with a presence there.

"But it's clear that it has to make sense for us, 💦and that's why we're taking a close look at it. I wouldn't rule it out.”

At Februarಞy’s🅷 Sepang test, Aprilia’s Massimo Rivola said it would be ‘nice’ for MotoGP to welcome a new manufacturer to replace Suzuki when the technical rules change for 2027.

Rivola even namechecked BMW by pointing at the testing speed of 🀅its new star World Superbike signing Toprak Razgatliog൩lu on the company's S1000RR.

A💛prilia used its RSV4 WorldSBK machine as the basis for a facཧtory MotoGP return, morphing the bike into the current, multi-race winning, ‘RS-GP’ prototype.

“🤡I see BMW quite fast in testing in Superbike with Razgatlioglu. So it would be nice,” Rivola sm🌌iled.

Dorna still hope to attract a sixth manufacturer to 🔯MotoGP. After Suzuki's shock exit, the🔯re is only Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, Yamaha and Honda.

The regulation changes set for 2027 - which include moving to smaller engines - could help to attract a ma✅jor ne🅘w manufacturer into the series.