Yamaha will be the only company on the grid in 2023 to subject just its two manufacturing facility group bikes, soon after shedding its satellite tie-up with RNF Racing – who has joined forces with Aprilia for the subsequent two seasons.
The part of satellite groups has changed noticeably in MotoGP in recent several years, with them extremely significantly witnessed as merely a lot more than mere shoppers – with Ducati getting the direct in this space with its 3 satellite squads.
Yamaha, with Tech3, Petronas SRT and RNF, typically noticed its satellite teams as a enterprise and another resource of profits, fairly than an extension of its manufacturing facility outfit in the exact same way Ducati, KTM and now Aprilia have accomplished.
But, talking to Autosport’s Spanish language sister internet site Motorsport.es, Jarvis claims the romantic relationship it will have with a new satellite husband or wife in the foreseeable future will be different.
“We do not search directly at Ducati,” he stated.
“But, the deal we will provide when that happens will unquestionably not be the very same as the a single we offered 5 many years ago.
“The marriage with the satellite groups has turn into a lot closer.”
Cal Crutchlow, RNF MotoGP Racing
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Due to the fact losing RNF to Aprilia, Yamaha has been linked to a prospective satellite partnership with Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team.
FIM president Jorge Viegas even said late previous 12 months that “Valentino’s group will improve Ducati for Yamaha in 2024. Nothing at all is confirmed yet, but this is the concept.”
This was instantaneously refuted by VR46, who has a agreement with Ducati via to the stop of 2024.
Apart from the evident Rossi relationship, the Italian winning four earth titles with the marque during his MotoGP career, Yamaha operates a Moto2 workforce with the VR46 organisations – the Yamaha VR46 Grasp Camp squad.
Jarvis refused to be drawn in on Viegas’ opinions, but famous: “I you should not want to remark on what Viegas mentioned. I would just like every person to respect his space of impact.
“Obviously we would like to get again to obtaining a satellite group as shortly as possible, but there are a number of factors to take into consideration.
“The first is that we have to have a aggressive bike, to convince whoever it is that it is really worthy of switching bikes.
“Then we have to be in a position to present a fantastic deal, with superior guidance at all stages.
“And at last, we have to respect the contracts concerning the doable interested get-togethers and their recent suppliers. If we can not do it in 2024, we’ll do it in 2025.”
At the moment only Gresini is out of contract with its partner producer at the conclude of 2023, however presented the competitiveness of the crew in 2022 obtaining won 4 periods with Enea Bastianini, it’s not likely it will not keep on with Ducati into 2024.
RNF manager and crew operator Razlan Razali informed Motorsport.com past November that his squad wanted to proceed with Yamaha in 2023, but refused to acknowledge the one-year deal the Japanese marque provided.
