Ducati offer latest lowdown on negotiations to keep Pramac and VR46

Will VR46 and Pramac stay with Ducati or quit?

Fabio Di Giannantonio, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April
Fabio Di Giannantonio, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April

Ducati are still hoping to convince both Pramac and VRꦏ46 to s🌃tay with them.

Gresin💖i’s 2025 future as a Ducati satellite team is assured, but t🐈he fate of Pramac and VR46 is up for grabs.

“We have some [talks] open,” Ducati sp💞orting director Mauro Grassilli 🌃said.

“✅We are talking with VR4🍰6. We are talking with Pramac.

“Our goal is to have the sa🧔me situaℱtion for the future.

“My target is to be with Pramac and VR46 next yea♌r, and for the future.”

The contracts of both Pramac and VR46 as Ducati satellite teams are expiring at the e✤nd of this year.

Both have been linked with a switch to Yamaha who r🔥emain “optimistic” that they can add a satellite project to their ranks for 2025.

VR46 have rejected Yamaha which surprised and disappointed the Japanese manufacturer, ♏Sk꧟y Italia reported last week.

The understanding surrounding VR46 is that they are hoping to convinc🐎e Ducati to give them a factory bike if they stay in 2025. Currently, they r🍰un two GP23 machines.

Uccio Salucci, the team boss, made clear his desire to re🍨-sign with Ducati before the 2024 season started but, several weeks on, there is still no signature.

Pramac have an option in their current contract to automaticaﷺlly renew with Ducati for two more years.

That clause would 🐷allow Pramac to keep their two f𓆏actory-spec bikes for 2025 and 2026.

Gino Borsoi, the t♓eam boss, insi𒊎sts they will sign up - yet it hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Pramac would be free to leave if t🔴hey receive a better offer, which is where Yamaha’s willingness to mak✨e a lucrative deal could be tested.

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