Yamaha interest in a KTM rider as MotoGP silly season begins
Rider market rumours involve KTM riderജ Enea Bastianini
The 2025 MotoGP season might not be going to plan for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini, but he is attracting admiring glances from a rival teaꦬm.
🐽Bastianini lost his factory Ducati seat last year to Marc Marquez, forced to swiftly find 🧸a new home at a new manufacturer.
He signed up to a new-look 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tech3 KTM project but has been outshone by teammate Maveri꧙ck Vinales.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pramac Yamaha are look🍸ing at Bastianini and considering him, according to Sky Italia.
Yamaha dream of fielding a reference rider and a rookie, in both their factory and satellite teams, the report💝 states.
Bastianini is “considered the ideal choꦛice” by Pramac Yamaha in the role of reference ride♒r.
They also like KTM’s Pedro Acosta, ꦯmuch like every 🐎other manufacturer in the paddock.
But Bastianini, whose besওt result was P7 in Texas, is contracted in 2026 by KTM. However, he has yet to discover his grand prix-winning form from his D꧒ucati days on a KTM.
"Cautious" Pramac allow more time
💮However, P✃ramac Yamaha are "cautious" in the rider market, and are in no rush to ditch their existing riders, the report states.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira signe🎉d up this year to the brand-new team, who had moved from the Ducati garage to Yamaha’s.
Together th﷽ey bring experience from riding the Honda,♚ the Ducati, the KTM and the Aprilia.
Their role in developing 🌳Yamaha’s wider MotoGP project cannot be understated, eith💙er.
On the track, Mille🗹r’s P5 at the Americas﷽ MotoGP was a welcome reminder of his ability. Oliveira has been interrupted by injury.
Pramac Yamaha intend to let Miller and Oliveira state their case for a 2026 stay in the next few races, and coul⛦d even opt to retain both, and ignor👍e Bastianini, Sky Italia report.
Toprak Razgatlioglu interest for Pramac Yamaha
Toprak Razgatlioglu 🍬is also reportedly of inter꧟est to Pramac Yamaha, Sky Italia report.
He would fulfil the role of a rookie, alongside a more experien♛c🏅ed rider.
Raꦇzgatlioglu has been teasing a switch from the World Superbike Championship to Mot🀅oGP in 2026.
Honda hav🅺e also been strongly linked with swooping for his signature.
Yamaha’s Paolo Pavesio made it clear♎ they would not adhere to any deadlines set by Ra🍸zgatlioglu.
Pavesio also explain𓆏ed when Yamaha intend to nail down their 2026 rider lin𝕴e-up.
Other rookies being✱ admired by Pramac Yamaha include Moto2 riders Ivan Guevara and Tony Arbꦜolino.
James was a sports🌠 journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to🐷 F1.
