Yamaha have admitted their interest in Alonso Lopez, but stopped short of confirming whether he’d be promoted to MotoGP next🔴 year.

The addition of the Pramac satellite team, who will leave Ducati and joღin Yamaha in 2025, h෴as created two new openings on the grid.

A host of curr💫ent MotoGP riders are interested in the additional Yamahas, but young starlets from Moto2 could also be considered.

Yamaha managing director Li💜n Jarvis was asked if Lopez could be given the cha🌊nce.

"Who knows,” he responded to .

“We said a coupleꦺ of years ago that he is a rider we are interested in.

“We are following his career, when the right tim🐼e comes for him to move up to the premier class we can think about it. 

“Now we have ju♚st signed the contract with Pramac, we think to the young Moto2 riders for theဣ future.

“But I don't kno𒉰w if this is the right time to take themꦡ."

MotoGP currently has just one confirmed rookie next year, in൩ Ducati’s Fermin Aldeguer💫.

Lopez, the 22 ꦰyear old Spaniard, is racing in his fourth season of💎 Moto2.

The Speed Up Ra🎀cing rider is cur🏅rently fifth in the Moto2 standings.

Lopez won the season-opening Moto2 🐻grand prix in Qatar.

Althoꦏugh he is attracting admiring glances from the Yamaha MotoGP hierarchy, other premier class riders are also circling for the new bikes made available by Pramac’s decision to quit Ducati.