{"id":71195,"date":"2025-08-15T21:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71195\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:51:09","slug":"what-yamahas-commitment-to-rins-means-for-oliveira-and-miller-in-motogp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71195\/","title":{"rendered":"What Yamaha’s commitment to Rins means for Oliveira and Miller in MotoGP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yamaha managing director Paolo Pavesio has poured cold water on rumours that struggling MotoGP factory rider Alex Rins<\/a> might be relieved of his duties for next season.<\/p>\n

The comments, which came during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix<\/a> on Friday, appear to kill any hope that Yamaha can find space for both Jack Miller<\/a> and Miguel Oliveira<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n

The two current Pramac riders are sweating over the one remaining 2026 seat at the satellite Yamaha team \u2013 and chances of one of them getting a spontaneous call-up to replace Rins at the factory squad look slim after Pavesio responded to the rumours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know where those rumours are coming from,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a contract and we are fully committed to helping Alex exploit his potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pavesio also admitted that a decision over which of the Pramac pair remains \u2013 initially slated for the start of the summer break \u2013 had been delayed deliberately.<\/p>\n

\"Paolo <\/p>\n

Paolo Pavesio, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director<\/p>\n

Photo by: Alexander Trienitz<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, we want to give ourselves a bit more time. We are assessing the riders,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that for the riders it might not be ideal, but this is an important decision. If we can have more time to be a bit more [informed], taking this not easy decision, we want to try to get it \u2013 and we are getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not referring explicitly to Miller and Oliveira also allows for the possibility that Yamaha may choose to bring in a completely new rider to join Toprak Razgatlioglu at Pramac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both the factory team and Pramac endured a rough first day at the Austrian GP on Friday. None of the four riders made it directly into Saturday\u2019s Q2, with the factory\u2019s Fabio Quartararo<\/a> leading the way with a grim 14th position in practice.<\/p>\n

Miller (20th) was around a tenth of a second slower than Oliveira (19th) following an engine problem that interrupted his session. Rins edged the pair of them in 17th spot.<\/p>\n

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