MotoGP: Yamaha and Pramac Reveals 2025 YZR-M1 For Upcoming Season
With Pramac joining Yamaha as its Satellite team, the Japanese giant will have four YZR-M1 in MotoGP for the first time since 2022.
Yamaha and Pramac Racing have revealed their 2025 MotoGP liveries, marking a key change in their partnership. Yamaha’s factory team keeps its classic black-and-blue colour scheme, while Pramac introduces a bold new design featuring Alpine branding alongside its current sponsor, Prima. This fresh look highlights Pramac’s switch from Ducati to Yamaha as a satellite team, an important move for Yamaha as it aims to regain its competitive position. Pramac’s support fills the gap left since Yamaha last had a satellite team in 2022.
Yamaha’s recent performance struggles are well known. After Fabio Quartararo’s title challenge in 2022, Yamaha faced a tough 2024 season, failing to achieve any podium finishes and finishing fourth in the constructors' standings. Quartararo ended the year in a disappointing 13th place. Despite this, Yamaha’s livery remains unchanged, keeping the same look since Monster Energy became its title sponsor in 2019. While the familiar design continues, Yamaha’s focus is on improving performance and returning to the top.
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The partnership with Pramac Racing is central to Yamaha’s recovery plan. Expanding to four bikes on the grid was key to securing Quartararo’s contract extension. Quartararo, Yamaha’s main hope for success, will again team up with Alex Rins, who signed a two-year deal in August. Yamaha’s strategy centres on stability and intensifying its technical development to close the performance gap to its competitors.
Yamaha has ensured Pramac receives full factory-spec equipment for 2025, aiming to maximise its contribution to the team’s success. Yamaha has also taken a more active role in rider selection for Pramac, securing experienced riders Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller. These two bring valuable experience and will play a crucial role in testing and refining the Yamaha M1. With strong rider pairings on both teams, Yamaha aims to speed up its development and return to podium contention.
Meanwhile, Honda is preparing for a major change in its look. The factory team will unveil its 2025 bike on February 1st in Indonesia, marking its first season without Repsol branding in over 30 years. The departure of the Spanish oil company as a title sponsor signals a new era for Honda, which is also looking to regain its competitive edge. LCR Honda will reveal its livery on February 8th, ahead of the official MotoGP season launch in Bangkok.
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The 2025 MotoGP season kicks off with the Thai Grand Prix from February 28th to March 2nd. The new Yamaha-Pramac partnership and Honda’s rebranding are expected to be key storylines shaping the season. With significant changes across the grid, the upcoming season promises fierce competition and fresh ambitions for teams aiming to climb back to the front.
