Motorcycling-Miller to ride for Pramac Racing next season on factory Yamaha bike
19/09/2024 13:50
Sept 19 (Reuters) - Australian rider Jack Miller will
leave the Red Bull KTM team and return to Pramac Racing next
season, the MotoGP team announced on Thursday, effectively
confirming the grid for the 2025 season with all 22 riders now
announced.
Miller will join Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira on the
new-look team, which is switching from Ducati machines to Yamaha
after the 2024 season.
An experienced campaigner in the premier class, Miller
previously raced for Honda and Ducati before making the switch
to KTM in 2023. He also raced for Pramac Racing from 2018-2020.
"With 10 years of experience in the MotoGP class with three
different manufacturers, Jack will be a valuable asset for
Yamaha," said Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor
Racing.
"His speed, knowledge, work ethic, and team spirit will be
invaluable to our project as we plan to improve the performance
of the M1 (motorbike) in 2025 and beyond. Yamaha will be
supporting him in every way they can."
The Pramac Racing team, who were using Desmosedici GP24
bikes this season -- the same as the factory Ducati team -- will
have the factory 2025 YZR-M1 bike as well as full factory
support.
Pramac Racing's current rider lineup are set to depart at
the end of the season with championship contender Jorge Martin
moving to Aprilia and Franco Morbidelli joining the VR46 Racing
team.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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