In recent days, there have been several rumors linking Pramac to Yamaha in 2025, ending a long partnership with Ducati in MotoGP. The manufacturer from Iwata has a strong ambition to have a satellite team again, as it hasn’t since 2022, offering alleged financially advantageous conditions.
Furthermore, it would provide Pramac with two bikes of the latest specification, just as it currently has with Ducati. However, it’s evident that the YZR-M1 is far from guaranteeing the results that the Desmosedici GP currently ensures, so it would be a project of patience and development for performance to emerge in the medium term.
But, what if instead of Yamaha, there were a new surprise and KTM became Pramac’s partner? It’s known that the Austrians would also like to have another satellite team, especially because they’ve been facing a problem of too many candidates for only four bikes – the two from the factory team and the two from the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 satellite team.
The RC16 would provide a different type of performance to Pramac immediately, closer to what it currently has with Ducati. This week, Enea Bastianini’s manager, Carlo Pernat, assured RAI Radio 1 that the rider would be on a current KTM in 2025. He just didn’t say which team.
With Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta secured at Red Bull KTM, that would be Red Bull GasGas Tech3. However, there are several contenders: Augusto Fernández, who is one of its current riders; Jack Miller, who lost his place in the factory team; or even allegedly Maverick Viñales (Aprilia).
Although nothing points in that direction, not even speculation, it could be an interesting possibility for KTM to have Pramac as a satellite team – perhaps even under the MV Agusta identity, as Pierer Mobility has a strong desire of taking the brand to MotoGP – with strong riders like Bastianini, Miller, or Viñales.
Indeed, whether those mentioned or others, it is also certain that it would be easier for Pramac to attract higher-profile riders, since currently the KTM RC16 is a more highly regarded bike than the YZR-M1. However, it’s also true that there would always be interested riders, as it’s MotoGP, where everyone aspires to reach and stay.
This is, let’s be clear, a consideration exercise, and not a possibility based on any indicators that it might actually be on the table.