Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is “optimistic” that his team will add a satellite project𒅌 to their ranks for 2025 - but needs a decision soon.

Pramac and VR46 - who have expiring contracts as Ducati satellite teams so must finalise 🍒their futures - have been heavily linked with moving to Yamaha.

But VR46 have reportedly rejected Yamaha,  reported, lea🌸ving the Japanese manufacturer “surprised” and “disappointed”.

Yamaha managing d꧋irector Jarvis was asked if he has set a🎃 deadline in his negotiations for satellite teams to decide whether to join.

“There’s not a hard deadline, as such,” he said. “No rule, nothiꦫng defined.

“But I think the latest w♍ill be by Mugello [May 31-June 2].

“Prior to Mugello, everything should be sorted.

“The only hard deadline you have is for your future planning, when you make investme🐭nts.

“🅺When you talk about budgets, talk about making extra materials or not, you need to know by ღJune.

“So that is, more or less, the time.”

Yamaha are the only manufacturer to run just two bikes on the MotoGP grid.

But there is optimism that the🐻y can double their presence by﷽ next year.

“We have stated before, it is clearly our i🌱ntention to have four bikes on the grid again in the soonest possible time-frame,” Jarvis said.

“Not only to be competitive in e⛄ach individual race weekend by having more bikes on the grid and more ജdata.

“But also having ꩲthe same data to help develop the bike.

“Having two [bikes] is definitely a disadꦯvantage so we’re working on that.

“There are lots of discussions going on. Th✱ey are confidential. So I can’t tell you about i🔥t.

“Tꦕhe only thing I can say is: our plans remain the same. We are optimistic tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhat we may be successful in getting a satellite team, a second team, an independent team on the grid as soon as possible.

“But you’ll have to wait longer, and so will we.”

VR46 told Crash that they are ‘happy with Ducati’ but ‘deserve more’⛄ - seemingly a reference to being given a latest-spec Desmosedici, if they renew their contract.

Pramac, who currently ha﷽ve access to ꦜtwo factory Ducati bikes, could be tempted across to Yamaha by the financial offer.

🤡Yamaha could also replace the six specific technicians that Pramac are given by Ducati.

Yamaha have already signed up Fabio Quartararo, their star rider, for the next two years. The addition of a satellite team is the next major goal as they bid to🦋 restore themselvꦜes to the front of MotoGP.