As we know, Pramac Racing is ending their partnership as a Ducati satellite team at the end of the 2024 season. Pramac will move to Yamaha with a contract duration of 7 years and after the release of this information, both Pramac and Yamaha have not yet confirmed their racer line-up for 2025. Their current racer, Jorge Martin, will race with Aprilia Racing in 2025. Meanwhile, Franco Morbidelli’s contract expires in end of 2024 and maybe going to Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team next year. One of the processes of searching for a racer line-up is finding the option to return Iannone to MotoGP and to his original team, namely Pramac Racing.
At Assen yesterday, Carlo Pernat as manager spilled a little that Iannone would get the opportunity to test using the Yamaha M1 with Pramac. Meanwhile, Pramac Racing boss himself – Paolo Campinoti – finally explained what Carlo had leaked. “He (Iannone) is a person I really love, one of the drivers we (once) had and have remained close to over the years. If we can get him to test on August 20-21, you have to ask Yamaha, if it was up to me I would let him do it but it’s not for me to decide…”
Paolo, on the other hand, also revealed the reality of competition in MotoGP today. “it won’t be easy, [because] now the MotoGP pool is full of sharks, this is not the era anymore”, This clearly refers to Iannone’s age, who is no longer young. “The young players are becoming very strong now, but we’ll see. “Meanwhile we are negotiating and we are close to Di Giannantonio,” he also said, mentioning the names of other potential names who would certainly face a tough negotiation fight because reportedly Diggia really wanted Ducati to stay with them.
