On one side, the guarantees of competitiveness and the long-term partnership with Ducati. On the other, the uncertainty of Yamaha, but with a potential reduction in costs. Prima Pramac Racing has a decision to make regarding its future constructor partner in MotoGP from 2025, and time is running out.
There are rumors that Ducati has set June 2 as the deadline for a decision on the team’s option to renew. And on Yamaha’s side, the deadline is the same. The manufacturer from Iwata wants to have a satellite team again next year, but naturally expanding the number of bikes in the paddock requires preparation time.
Lin Jarvis, Yamaha’s managing director, was quoted by Crash.net as saying: ‘There is no strict deadline. There is no rule, nothing defined. But I think the latest will be around Mugello [May 31 to June 2]. Everything should be resolved before Mugello. The only strict deadline you have is for your future planning, when you make investments. When you talk about budgets, whether to make extra materials or not, you need to know by June. So, that’s more or less the time‘.
Currently, Yamaha is the only manufacturer without a satellite team, while Ducati has three. One of them is VR46, which according to Sky Italia, has reportedly rejected moving to Yamaha. Nevertheless, despite the YZR-M1 being one of the least competitive bikes currently, Jarvis believes they will secure a satellite team in 2025.
– We stated before, it is clearly our intention to have four bikes on the grid again in the shortest time possible. Not only to be competitive every race weekend by having more bikes on the grid and more data, but also to have the same data to help develop the bike. […]. There are many ongoing discussions. They are confidential. […]. The only thing I can say is: our plans remain the same. We are optimistic that we can be successful in getting a satellite team, a second team, an independent team on the grid as soon as possible.
