Yamaha spoke ‘first’ with VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio as Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia began looking for an alternative.
Yamaha Bosses dreamed of uniting former MotoGP title rivals Bagnaya And George Martin In the 2027 season on the all-star team Fabio Quatararo Looking at what is ready to go out and Alex Rin Out of contract. But Bagnaia has now reached an agreement to replace Martin Aprilia.
Bagnaya turned down a huge salary from Yamaha to join Aprilia. Once’s contract with Ducati expires after the 2026 campaign. The two-time champion chose to prioritize being on a competitive bike for the start of the 2027 regulations era over earning a big salary.
It has been said that Bagnaia rejected a big pay cut to stay at Ducati And instead he will join his friend Marco Bezecic in Aprilia’s all-Italian line-up in 2027. But Ducati Exile could still join forces with Yamaha next year, as they have now opened talks with. VR46 Horseman By Giantantonio.
Yamaha have opened talks with Fabio Di Giannantonio after choosing Francesco Bagnaia Aprilia.
According to The competitionreported that Ducati Di Giannantonio can count him ‘surplus from interest’ among his factory-contracted riders when his contract expires after the 2026 season. Ducati has agreed to leave Di Giannantonio in VR46 after signing in 2024.
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In the year Ducati is expected to prioritize keeping Fermin Aldeguerre, who has options until 2028 in his contract with Gresini in MotoGP in 2025. Bullets of Bologna are seriously considering moving their World Superbikes rider Niccolò Bulega to MotoGP.
So with Di Giannantonio potentially on the market, Yamaha have sought to open talks with the idea that he could now be bound for Aprilia, replacing Rins with Bagnaia. Jack Miller Yamaha can be considered another rider, but introducing it Pramak It’s not a priority.
Jack Miller is Yama’s second choice from Peko Bagnaya (at best).
Miller had a mostly solid pre-season with Pramac on the new V4 Yamaha M1 during the pre-season tests at Sepang and Buriram. But Australian Yamaha will need to produce a strong year to move up to their works team, let alone be awarded a new factory contract.
Last September, Yamaha offered him a second one-year contract to stay with their satellite team Pramak until 2026. Yamaha have opted to keep Toprak Razgatlioglu over Miguel Oliveira after luring him from World Superbikes to ride for Pramac on a two-year deal.
But while Miller is the second-best Yamaha rider in 2025 behind career leader Quatararo, he is the Iwata outfit’s second-choice option for Bagnaia. Martin is set to replace the Honda-based Quatara with the Yamaha.Rins left to ask for the bike.
