Pramac ace Jack Miller faces an uncertain future beyond the 2026 MotoGP season as the Australian’s Yamaha contract expires at the end of this year.
Miller Returned to Pramak In the year As early as 2025, the Tuscan team begins its new chapter as an exclusive satellite. Yamaha Crew after racing Ducati bikes for the past 21 years. Miller rode for Pramac before stints with Ducati and KTM in the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
Yamaha initially signed Miller to a one-year factory contract to ride for Pramac in 2025 following his release from KTM. The 30-year-old form at the end of his first campaign on the YZR-M1 Yamaha convinced Miller to sign a new one-year deal. In September to stay at Pramak.
Miller will be a partner. Toprak Razgatlioglu After signing a two-year factory contract with Yamaha in 2026, the three-time world superbike champion Razgatlioglu is the only Yamaha rider with a deal for 2027. Fabio Quatararo And Alex Rin Also out of contract.
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Pramac and Yamaha are battling Aprilia to sign KTM Tech3 rider Innea Bastianini.
Yamaha are already tracking it. MotoGP rider market To identify potential replacements if Quartararo leaves or if Reins and Miller fail to persuade the Japanese manufacturer to offer them a new contract. And Tech3 Horseman Ine Bastianini It just appeared on Yamaha’s radar.
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According to Engine footprintYamaha reported that they are looking for a possible agreement with Bastiani ahead of the factory KTM The driving contract for Tech3 expires at the end of the year. And, quite rightly, Pramac want Bastianini to form part of the 2027 rider line-up.
Bastianini wants to ride the Yamaha M1 from the start of the 850cc MotoGP regulations cycle in 2027. But Yama and Pramak are not alone in admiring Bastiani. Aprilia They also renewed a long-standing interest in the 28-year-old by studying their options.
Ducati was keen on signing Apria Bastianini after releasing the Italian in 2024, but opted to sign instead. George Martin And Marco Bezecchi. However, with Martin and Bezeci both out of contract at the end of 2026, Aprilia are considering a new move to sign Bastianini for 2027.
Ine Bastianini could be Pramac Yamaha’s replacement for Jack Miller.
Apria Bezecic is expected to sign a new contract After the 27-year-old emerged as a title contender in the 2025 season. The Italian is widely expected to be one of the riders to challenge Ducati star Marc Marquez for the 2026 title under 1,000cc regulations.
CEO Massimo Rivola has confirmed that Aprilia is ready to offer Martin a new contractAlso, the 2024 champion must earn a new contract after an injury-plagued year in 2025.
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Aprilia’s re-signing of Martin and Bezecic, Pramac and Yamaha’s pursuit of Bastianini could only hurt Miller further. Razgatlioglu is currently unable to join the Yamaha factory team under Red Bull sponsorship.As Monster favors the natives of Eva.
Miller is the second Yamaha rider to score 79 points for Pramac in the 2025 season, while Quattararo has scored 201 with the factory team. Factory rider Rins scored 68 points while Miguel Oliveira scored 43 for Pramac before Yamaha terminated his contract.
Yamaha saw the benefit of re-signing Miller to ride for Pramac as they develop a V4 engine in the 2026. But Japanese workers want to see improved results from Australia in 2026. Miller finished in the top 10 once in the last 10 rounds of 2025.
