Yamaha’s talks to sign VR46 rider Fabio Di Gianntonio for the 2027 MotoGP season have reached a fever pitch, as they have landed Jorge Martin’s team-mate.
After deciding not to offer Iwata clothing, it is expected to launch an all-new factory rider line in 2027. Alex Rin Although a new contract Fabio Quatararo Leave at the end of the agreement. It is widely believed Quattararo has agreed to move from Yamaha to Honda. From next time.
Quatararo has been the main leader of the same Yamaha In the year Project since he joined their team in 2021 and won the title of the riders in the same year. The Frenchman is the only rider with a solid result in the M1 series, but Yamaha is impatient for a return to form.
Yamaha moved quickly to lock down the Aprilia star Martin As the 2024 champion has satisfied his plans to sign another top-class rider as a replacement for Quattararo. Yamaha is expected to sign Martin for 2027 A two-year contract, and now they are following up By Giantantonio to join him.
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Yamaha and Fabio Di Giannantonio are in ‘very advanced’ talks on the 2027 MotoGP move
The desire to sign Yamaha VR46 rider Di Giannantonio Ducati star Francesco Bagnaia first appeared in February when he backed a move to Aprilia for 2027 due to previous issues with the V4 M1. Bagnaya returned from joining Yamaha After looking at them in the test.
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But while Giannantonio was surprised by the initial reports of Yamaha’s interestThey now understand that they are in ‘advanced’ talks. As Simon Patterson says. The competitionDi Giannantonio reported that he is competing with the Honda ace Luca Marini Yamaha to join.
Di Giannantonio and Marini have been Yamaha’s main targets to replace Rins in his second job behind Martin next season. They have no ‘sick leave’ for Reigns, but since joining Iwata’s team in 2024, he hasn’t been able to work hard with M1.
Yamaha’s talks with Di Giannantonio are believed to be ‘highly advanced’, as he considers the possibility of joining a factory team before his Ducati contract expires. Ducati has opted to keep Di Giannantonio in the VR46 for the 2025 and 2026 seasons after signing the contract.
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Di Giannantonio’s recent form on the Ducati GP26 alongside the VR46 has helped him gain prominence in Yamaha’s plans. The 27-year-old was the top Ducati star with a two-podium performance last week, P2 in the Goiania Sprint and P3 in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez won the Goiania Sprint and passed Di Giannantonio Late on, the VR46 pilot made a small mistake and ran into three laps. But the roles are reversed in the main race, as Giannantonio passed Marquez for P3 in the Brazilian GP.
The event marked Di Giannantonio’s seventh career podium in MotoGP and also his fifth in the last six rounds after finishing P2 in Australia and P3 in Valencia. Since dropping the VR46 to replace Marquez at Honda in 2024, Marini has been unable to add to the two platforms.
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