Valentino Rossi may be looking to move the VR46 MotoGP team from Ducati in 2027 as their contract expires at the end of next year.
VR46 In the year In 2025, he was second in command at the Borgo Panigale outfit. After Pramak left YamahaThe team was promoted and handed their factory position to Fabio di Giantantonio.
Despite having the GP25 in their arsenal, the team finished in third place Ducati teams, Gresini finished second. Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer took wins, with the VR46 going winless and scoring 6 podiums compared to Gresini’s 14.
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Subsequently, in the year Marquez will ride a factory bike in 2026 As Gresini acts above VR46. Di Giannantonio holds the factory machine, however Rossi He is said to be disappointed with the state of his team at Ducati.
Ahead of the 2027 season, where satellite teams’ contracts expire and regulations change, the seven-time MotoGP champion is said to be in talks with a number of manufacturers.
Valentino Rossi is in ‘endless discussions’ to take the VR46 to Yamaha.
The VR46 is linked to the Aprilia. For 2027 when the current satellite group is rumored Trackhouse Honda is looking to join..
However, Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola says Trackhouse is a ‘priority’ Noale’s outfit plans to keep the team on board as MotoGP enters a new regulatory cycle.
Aprilia It is unlikely to have the resources to bring the second group of satellites, which explains the latest report. reaping Rossi may be looking for another place on the grid.
According to the report, Rossi et Uccio Salucci They are in ‘non-stop discussions’ for Yamaha’s ‘grand comeback’. The Iwata outfit is ‘dreaming big’ for 2027 in terms of riders and teams and could make a move that could see MotoGP’s biggest name return to the brand.
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Valentino Rossi is seen on a Yamaha V4 bike in the 2025 season.
A reunion between the two sides would be seismic for MotoGP. Rossi is Yamaha’s greatest rider of all time.He established himself as a great icon of the sport, winning four of the seven titles with the manufacturer.
The Doctor spent 16 seasons with Yamaha during his illustrious career, and their relationship remains strong to this day. In the year Rossi appeared at Misano on their V4 bike in 2025, used by Augusto Fernandez as a wild card entry.
MotoGP fans begged Yamaha to give Rossi a wild card ride. at the moment. The V4 will be used by all four Iwata outfit riders in 2026.
With Italy’s MotoGP days long behind him, his team could use V4 machines in 2027 if VR46 agrees to move from Ducati to Yamaha.
