Prima Pramac made its MotoGP debut in 2002, and its growth since then has been steady. Although the team started with Honda, it became notable with Ducati from 2005 – the year it merged with D’Antin – establishing itself as a leading satellite team, even winning the teams’ championship in 2023.
Michael Laverty reflected on Paolo Campinoti’s team’s upward journey, telling TNT Sports: ‘They’ve been 23 years in the game, from being a team no one wanted to ride for, then starting to make the step up as a satellite team to Ducati and developing parts with the backbone’.
Victories began to follow, and now Jorge Martín is close to becoming MotoGP champion – the first to do so for a satellite team since Valentino Rossi in 2001. Laverty foresees an even brighter future as Pramac aligns with Yamaha starting in 2025:
– You’ve seen the first-ever victory for Johann Zarco in their colors then, Jorge Martín became a championship contender. It’s the crowning moment if they deliver a title before they leave to Yamaha and become more even aligned with the factory. They well deserve what they’re going to do. They’re going to build a Moto2 team. They’ve just grown from strength to strenght. It’s a wonderful fairy tale story, and this is the moment that Paolo Campinoti dreamed off throughout those 23 years. And it’s almost there.