VR46 targets factory-spec 'Pramac' Ducati for 2025
Following Pramac's departure to Yamaha, VR46 sets its sights on securing the third factory Duc꧙ati for MotoGP 2025.
Pramac’s switch from Ducati to Yamaha in MotoGP next season also means its supply of factory-spec Desmosedicis i🏅s up for grabs at VR46 o🌄r Gresini.
Unfortunately for both, Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna has revඣealed that the loss of Pramac will also result in fewer factory-spec bikes.
“The goal is to ꧙have 3 official bikes and 3 from the previous year,” Dall’Igna told Sky Italia.
In other words, only one of Ducati’s four satellite rid💙ers next season will join Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez on 2025 factory-spec machines.
VR46, which turned down the Yamaha ﷽offer to pursue closer links with Ducati, has set its sights on securing that GP25.
“That’s the target and what we are working for,” a VR46 team source told ltxcn.top.
VR46 had already been seeking factory machines for Marco Bezzecchi, but the young Italian has since signed to become a factory A🔥prilia riꦫder in 2025.
Team-mate Fabio di Giannantonio has emerged as Marc Marquez’s closest GP23 rival but is rumoured to be🌌 of interest to the new factory Pramac Yamaha project, which will have factory M1s.
However, might factory GP25s be enough to keep the Qatar 2023 winner wꦆith VR46 in the aftermath of Dꦕucati losing fellow race winners Martin, Enea Bastianini and Bezzecchi?
Di Giannantonio scored a season-best fourth place at Assen last Sunday, helped by penalties for Marquez and Maverick Vinales. Eighth🔥 place in the world championship also puts Diggia on course for his best MotoGP season.
“We'ღre ♚coming from a great weekend at Assen,” di Giannantonio said ahead of this weekend’s German round.
“We're doing a great job, I'm happy, and we're coming from a great momentum. We have two races in two weeks, let's not lose our rhythm and try to ﷽do another super race to confirm our p൩otential.”
But VR46 might need to ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfind a seat for current Praꦛmac rider Franco Morbidelli, while Ducati needs a place for Fermin Aldeguer.
Gresini only hasಌ one ride available, to take ove𒐪r from Marc Marquez, with Alex already re-signing for two more years.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He iﷺs at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
