Choice of field
Paolo Campinoti has made his choice: in the 2025 season the Prima-Pramac team, currently reigning world champion among the teams and leading the Riders’ standings with Jorge Martin, will move from Ducati to Yamaha. The much-talked-about deal that will leave Ducati with six bikes instead of eight next season, bringing the Yamaha contingent from two to four, has thus come to fruition. The Iwata company wins an important battle, after having courted the Italian team with great intensity, and for the team directed by Gino Borsoi it will be a new beginning.
Secondo team factory
“Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce a multi-year agreement with Prima Pramac Racing, which will see two more Yamaha YZR-M1 Factory machines lined up on the MotoGP grid starting in 2025,” reads the announcement from Japan. The key word is “factory”: as will happen with KTM, Yamaha will also effectively field four factory bikes, albeit in this case differentiated into two teams. “Prima Pramac Racing is thrilled to join Yamaha as a second Factory Team starting from the 2025 MotoGP season,” also confirms the press release issued by Paolo Campinoti’s team.
Goodbye to Ducati after 20 years
The new line-up will be announced in due course but there is a strong possibility that one of the two riders will be Fabio Di Giannantonio. The new second Factory Yamaha team will remain independently owned and will maintain its base in Rugby (UK). Prima-Pramac finally wanted to thank Ducati, from which it is parting ways after two decades of collaboration: “The decision to part ways with Ducati was not taken lightly – reads the statement – and we thank them for the long and fruitful journey we have undertaken together”.
