Things are moving behind the scenes of the French Grand Prix which is visibly finalizing negotiations with a view to establishing the starting grid for 2022-2026. In game, motorcycles available for three satellite teams. These are Petronas, Gresini and future Aramco VR46 colors. It is the latter which cause a little panic, and even sow discord with a tempting offer from Yamaha which puts Petronas in a rage. Otherwise, there are only Ducatis and Aprilias left…
Suzuki did not enter the game, and at Honda the staff is complete like KTM. At Yamaha , there are two M1s still available and there will be as many RS-GPs at Aprilia. On the other hand, at Ducati, we would be ready to go up to eight machines…
Inflation due to the latest rumors Yamaha and given the palpable tension, Dorna gave his discharge to Ducati for an eight-member Desmosedici project. For whom and with what? At Mugello will be announced the renewal with Pramac, which will remain the first Ducati reference and will have two official motorcycles for George Martin who has a contract until 2022, and most likely also for Johann zarco, on which the red team has an option to exercise between now and the summer break. The Frenchman would still have probed Yamaha in case according to the Journal of Sport.
Bastianini's future is at stake with Ducati
In negotiations with the VR46, which would have the right to choose the drivers, Borgo Panigale offers a GP22 for Luca marini plus a GP21 probably for Marco Bezzecchi, but the same option is on the desktop Nadia Padovani, widow of Fausto and recently CEO of the Gresini team, and Carlo Merlini, who manages the negotiations. On the two pilots, the certainty is Fabio Di Giannantonio, who already had an agreement for 2022 with Fausto. The other will depend on the manufacturer with whom he signs and it will be Enea Bastianini if the deal is concluded with Ducati.
For its part, Aprilia waiting for a response fromAndrea Dovizioso, in order to understand if the Italian intends to return to competition. Otherwise, Noale is ready to bet on Raul fernandez et Joe Roberts, who has already been offered the opportunity to move into MotoGP at the end of 2020. As for the satellite team, the only negotiation is with Gresini, which was offered the motorcycles with the latest evolutions of 2021 at a lower price than Ducati, which, however, also offers a a number of engineers. So many discussions which should continue at Mugello as part of the Italian Grand Prix...
