It’s still unclear if Yamaha will succeed in its search for a satellite MotoGP team in 2025.

But the manufacturer’s star rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo has underli🧸ned th💫e importance of not only having more M1s on the MotoGP grid but giving them full factory-spec machinery.

The Frenchman ෴graduated to the official team via Yamaha’s previous Petronas satellite outfit, which only had access to one factory-spec bike.

With VR46 appearing to favour a renewal with Ducati, Pramac has e🧸༒merged as a surprise contender for the future satellite Yamaha role. But as yet, no deal has been announced.

“We - Yamaha and also myself - are worki𒁏ng a lot to have a satellite team. It's really important,” Quartara✅ro reiterated.

“Even if you check how many laps we can do in the pre-season. T🏅he number compared to Ducati [with eight bikes] is completely different. You can test many more things and have the comments of many more riders.

“I don’t even say ‘satellite team’ [because] for me it must be an exte🐎nsion of a factory team. They must have factory bikes, factory support and I think also it is important for the riders.

“𒆙In the end, the people on the same bike are your first rival, but if you have mo🥂re [than one ‘team-mate’] then it gives you even more motivation and you can learn more from the others.”

Presently, each Independent team is able to seek a deal with any manufacturer willing to supply them with bikes. In purely comp🌞etitive terms, a year-old Ducati is a better bet than a factory-spec Japanese ma𝄹chine, hence the Desmosedici's popularity.

However, Aleix Espargaro, whose Aprilia factory gained its satellite team at Yamaha’s expense when the former RNF squad switched brands, feels there should be a limit oಞ𝔍n the number of bikes each manufacturer can provide.

“[A] maximum of bikes. 100%,” he said. “It'sꩲ not difficult to see. They [Ducati] have a lot of advantages.

“It's amazing what Ducati di꧙d in this championship, bu🥃t it's a lot easier when you have almost half of the grid.

“So for sure we have to control th♋is, and in the near f🦹uture. I think the best thing will be to have four bikes per factory, no more.”

But with only five manufacturers remaining in the premier class, after Suzuki’s exit, such a ru♏le would mean grid numbers dropping fro🦹m 22 to 20.

Ducati currently has eight bikes on the grid. KTM, Honda and Aprilia have four each, with two for Yamahaꦫ.