Yamaha are looking to sign a new rider line-up for 2027 with Fabio Quatararo set to join Honda, but pairing George Martin and Torak Razgatlioglu is not a priority.
Every quarter And Martin It is expected to be two of the big names in the MotoGP rider market For 2027, respectively, the contract is about to expire Yamaha and Aprilia at the end of 2026. Factory Honda drivers Luca Marini And Joan Mir could be free agents.
Yamaha had hoped that Quartararo would agree to sign a new contract, as he has been their leader since joining their works team and winning the championship in 2021. Rather, this is what it is said to be. Quattararo has agreed to leave Yamaha to join Honda from 2027. with a two-year contract.
The Iwata chiefs wasted no time in declaring the 2024 champion as their ideal target to replace Martin Quatararo. In fact, it is said. Yamaha to sign Martin for 2027 On a two-year contract. But their search for a teammate continues. Alex Rin Even the contract is over.
Who do you want as George Martin’s 2027 Yamaha team partner?
They have a Yamaha Pramac pilot. Razgatlioglu He is under factory contract in 2027 after signing a two-year deal to move from World Superbikes to MotoGP. But Razgatlioglu and Rins are ‘far behind’ in Yamaha’s plans to become Martin’s 2027 team-mates.
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According to Motorsport.comHe notes that there are claims that Yamaha could promote Razgatlioglu from Pramak to replace Rins in 2027. Francesco BagnaiaDucati is expected to release it this year.
however, Bagnaia rejected Yamaha and agreed to join Apria from 2027.Taking over the RS-GP, which Martin is expected to leave. So Yamaha have opened talks with Marini about his exit from Honda, but the Iwata natives are not ruled out of signing the ‘rare gem’. Moto2.
The team is looking for young talent who can make the jump from Moto2 to MotoGP, so Yamaha could be open to replacing Rins as they have seen Quattroro succeed. In the year It hit the ground running in 2019 after taking off for Petronas SRT.
Yamaha spoke to Luca Marini and his agent about the MotoGP paddock in Thailand ‘in full view’.
A second report by Motorsport.com Yamaha technical director Max Bartolini notes that he spoke with Marini and a Honda rider representative last weekend. Thailand GP The rest of the MotoGP paddock ‘in full view’. The three did not try to hide the meeting on Friday evening.
Bartolini is believed to have used his meeting with Marini to outline Yamaha’s V4 engine and 850cc bikes for the 2027 MotoGP regulations. The Iwata outfit have no illusions about the obstacles they will face to get ahead again, so they are open about it.
Yamaha has refused to allow four of its riders, who have been under factory contract for their V4 engine at Buriram, to speak to any media. Quattararo was the top Yamaha rider in Sunday’s Thailand GP in P14, ahead of Rin in P15, but finished 30.823s into the lead.
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What about Luca Marini linked with a move to Yamaha for 2027?
Marini was asked about reports linking him with a move from Honda to Yamaha for 2027. MotoGP season The Thai GP of the 2026 season opened last weekend. The 28-year-old downplayed the speculation and revealed that he is in talks with Honda about a new deal.
“Actually, I didn’t see anything,” Marini said in quotes. GPON. “I believe in this project, so we are talking to Honda about revitalizing it.
“But the reality of the paddock is that everybody talks to everybody. The only thing you can do is go out on the track and try to win every weekend, regardless of the contract.”
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