Fermin Aldeguer Coming, Pramac Ducati Leaving?

RiderTua.com – Fermin Aldeguer’s joining and where he will be placed is still a mystery… Even the collaboration between Ducati and the Pramac team is still uncertain, whether to sign a contract or part ways…

Ducati has announced the recruitment of Fermin Aldeguer for two years for the 2025 MotoGP season, but it has not been officially announced at which team. Pramac and Borgo Panigale have not yet signed contract extensions…

Fermin Aldeguer Coming, Pramac Ducati Leaving?

The most obvious destination for Aldeguer is satellite side Pramac, as Jorge Martin has stated that this will be his final season with Paolo Campinoti’s side. Martinator is certain to be targeting the factory Ducati team, otherwise he will move factory. Pramac team manager Gino Borsoi answered positively when asked if he wanted Aldeguer to make the team next year. The Spaniard himself said at the Portimao weekend that he hopes to be at Pramac at the next MotoGP championship… But there has been no official statement yet.

The reasons will be revealed soon. Mauro Grassilli, Ducati’s new sporting director, underlined on Thursday in Portimao that Pramac will decide whether Aldeguer will join the satellite team next year. However, the contract between Ducati and Pramac will expire at the end of this year! There is an automatic extension clause for 2025-2026, but there is also an exit clause. If the Campinoti team chooses this second hypothesis, then Aldeguer will have to automatically move to the official Ducati team, considering that the company does not have the right to choose riders for its satellite teams. In a theoretical scenario to end the Pramac-Ducati collaboration, the official team would place Bagnaia and Aldeguer side by side.

Grassilli’s statement at Portimao was no coincidence, considering that Pramac is in control of the team’s future. Should there be an interesting offer from another manufacturer, it could also take a different direction, after years of collaboration. A decision must be taken before the summer holidays, although everything indicates that cooperation will continue for a long time. In the last three years Pramac has been the best satellite team on the track. Last year they became world team champions for the first time. However, something different happened at VR46: Valentino Rossi’s team was thinking about moving to Yamaha.