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Pramac to continue as a Ducati satellite team for the next three seasons.
Pramac has officially confirmed that it will continue to as a Factory-supported Ducati team for the next three years.
The expected deal continues a partnership that began back in 2005 and, since 2020, has seen both of the Pramac riders not only under direct contract to the factory but also racing with the latest Desmosedici machinery.
The Pramac team has also been used by Ducati to groom potential Official team riders, with Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci and now Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia promoted from Pramac to Factory.
Despite many podiums, Pramac is yet to win a MotoGP race with Ducati (although it did win races while running Makoto Tamada at Honda Pons).
We have a good bike, good balance, but we still need the last step of competitiveness.
For comparison, Espargaro had been 16sec from victory on his way to eighth place in last November s Portimao race. [Eight seconds] can feel like it s a big step, but it s not like this, he said. The difference between every rider and every machine in MotoGP every time is smaller and smaller. So last year we were not that bad, and this year we are not that good. But we are a little bit more close, also my feeling with the bike is a bit better, so my confidence increased. So it s like a circle, step by step you are closer to the top guys.