There MotoGP you “enjoy” an unexpected long stop. The postponement of the Kazakhstan GP has in fact created a sort of pre-summer break MotoGP who will return to Holland only at the end of June. However, there is certainly no shortage of arguments. Alongside the drivers market which exploded with the passage of Marquez on the Ducati official, Martin in Apriliaand the exodus of Bastianini And Viñales in Ktm, negotiations between the teams also take center stage. There is a wait for the decision Pramac: stay with Ducati or accept the court of YamahaThis is Patron’s dilemma Campinoti. Gigi Dall’Igna’s words at Misano for the Superbike World Championship rushed the satellite team forward.
MotoGP: Yamaha wants a satellite team back and is targeting Pramac
In 2022, the Iwata company announced its decision to avoid, due to economic circumstances, supplying its bikes to any satellite team involved in the MotoGP World Championship. At the time, in addition to the official team, Yamaha supplied the M1s to the RNF team which in fact raced with them in 2023 Aprilia.
Now, two years later, things have changed. If 18 months ago the decision to focus only on the official team seemed like it could be a strong point, the results obtained on the track by the M1s did not produce the desired effects. On the contrary, not having a satellite team turned out to be a boomerang. There is no data to cross-reference, no checks, no possibility of trying new updates and developing them like others do.
And then there is also an economic motivation. There Dorna, promoter of the event, rewards each brand that provides an independent team with three million euros. Hence the choice of Yamaha management to return to equipping at least one customer team.
MotoGP, Pramac between Ducati and Yamaha: Campinoti must decide
A few months ago we were talking about the team VR46 taking advantage of the patron’s amabassador relationships Valentino Rossi but recently the path leading to has become predominant Pramacthe stable of Paolo Campinoti competing with the Ducati for the World Cup last year with Martin and currently leading with the Spanish.
The relations between Ducati and Pramac are no longer the idyllic ones they once were. Since last year, but especially this year, Marquez’s management seems to have annoyed what is rightly considered Ducati’s first satellite team. As if that wasn’t enough, several million euros are on the table. If it is true that Pramac pays Ducati to have the Desmosedici, on the other hand Yamaha has offered gold bridges, so money to Campinoti to be able to supply its M1s. In short, under the heading there would be a +4 million euros instead of an outgoing figure. Not a small incentive.
MotoGP, Dall’Igna rushes Campinoti
Paolo Campinotiowner of Pramac, has an option expiring in July 2024, to extend the agreement by another two years (until 2026) which would maintain its status as the only team with the support of Ducati, with the following result: two Desmosedici GP of the latest generation, identical to those driven by Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia.
“Time is almost up. The solution is not in our hands, we just have to wait. There is a friendship, I really hope that Campinoti stays with us”Ducati Corse CEO Gigi Dall’Igna told Sky on the sidelines of the Italian Superbike Grand Prix in Misano.
On the maneuvers following the announcement of Marquez in Ducati with the other teams that have strengthened, from Aprilia with Martin And Ktm with Bastianini and VinalesGigi Dall’Igna is seraphic: “We more or less knew what the others’ moves were, it was already a given. It certainly won’t be easy, because our opponents have strengthened, but we already knew this, so we will have to work.”
