Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia is now ‘on the brink’ of signing for Aprilia for the 2027 MotoGP season after preferring to join Yamaha for competitive cycling over a bigger salary.
Bagnaya It is one of the big names MotoGP rider market The two-time champion is expected to be replaced by many for the 2027 season Ducati is set to sign KTM star Pedro Acosta.. The relation of Bagnaia Ducati From 2025
The 29-year-old fought for the premier class title every season from 2021 to 2024 and won it in 2022 and 2023. Bagnaya fails to adapt to Ducati 2025 bike.And in the end, he failed to finish in six of the seven Grands Prix, finishing fifth.
Aprilia And Yamaha They quickly set their sights on signing Bagnaya George Martin is in talks to leave Aprilia to join Yamaha. As the Japanese developer looks for a new all-star team. Yamaha pilot Fabio Quatararo is set to join Honda. And Alex Reigns is out of contract this year.
Francesco Bagnaia is set to cancel Yamaha’s ‘big money’ contract because the Aprilia bike is faster.
Yamaha looked set to pounce on Aprilia to sign Bagnaya, but talks over the past 24 hours have flipped the script. According to The competitionBagnaia is reportedly ‘on the brink’ of signing a two-year contract with Noelle from 2027.
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Yamaha had slapped a ‘big cash offer’ on Bagnaya’s table, but Aprilia was interested in a deal and now convinced him to join them. The Turin native is prioritizing a strong bike, so he opted to tap Yamaha despite their ‘significant’ discount.
The Aprilia RS-GP has turned Bagnaia’s head away from Yamaha’s fortunes as he needs to get back to winning ways ‘as soon as possible’ after a disappointing campaign last year. And while Yamaha’s new V4 engine has the potential to open up, it may take them a while.
Pecco Bagnaia could earn £3.5m less by joining Aprilia than Yamaha in 2027.
Bagnaia and Aprilia are in the final stages of negotiating the finer details of his departure from Ducati in 2027, following reports from the Italian earlier this week that he had claimed nothing. Bagnaya and Epriya were completing three-year contracts. For him to join his friend Marco Bezecic.
Bezeci signed a new two-year contract with Aprilia in early February, as his contract with Martin and Bagnaia is set to expire in 2026. Now, the Italian team is ready to boast what many MotoGP fans believed was Bagnaia’s best move.
Quantity MotoGP fans feared that Bagnaia would make a mistake by joining Yamaha instead of Aprilia As reports surfaced suggesting the Ducati pilot was leaning towards a move to Iwata. But Bagnaia now has a change of heart and prefers Aprilia’s stronger bike.
Aprilia have only offered Bagnaia a £2.6m-a-year contract To join them, but the RS-GP is one of the best bikes on the grid and the Yamaha is one of the worst bikes. It is said that Yamaha have a budget of around £10.5m to sign Bagnaia and Martin.The suit offered £4.5m.
