Although it's yet to be officially confirmed, all the indications are that - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历🍬史:having announced a departure from Yamaha - Tech3 is to become a satellite KTM t🌞eam in 2019.

The bigꦉ question now is who will take over the French team's supply of M1 machinery?

Yamaha appears to have been surprised༺ by Tech3's decision and must now find a new satellite partner or rely solely on data from its factory team.

Much will hinge on when exactly Valentino Ros🐟si's VR46 squ🔯ad decides to enter MotoGP.

It had beeไn ဣthought the VR46 premier-class team would only begin when the nine-time world champion decided to retire as a rider.

The looming shadow of such a project probably also played a role in 💛Tech3's decision, since it would put the French team in a precarious situation.

It is highly unlikely that Yamaha would expand to six bikes on the grid 🧸and "VR46 would hav💧e priority over Tech3. I accept that," team boss Herve Poncharal said last year.

With that in mind, and with Tech3's entire existence based around b✤eing a MotoGP team, it would have been foolharᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚdy to wait and see what happened.

"Tech3 is a small company, which has to think about the future and has🅰 to weigh the different options," Poncharal said, upon announcing the Yamaha split.

But 39-ye🐭ar-old Rossi has expressed a desire to continue racing next season, even if he is yet to sign, mea✅ning 2019 looks too soon for VR46 in MotoGP.

There might also be potential contractཧual issues around adding a new team to the grid.

The current contract between Dorna and the Independent teams is set at 24 grid places - although it is hard to imagine a VR46 project bei𓃲ng blocked given its significance for the sport as a whole.

Nonetheless, "at the moment there is no plan for MotoGP for VR46 and Sky", the VR46 team told mahbx.com today (Tuesday).

Assuming it 🌜won’t happen for 2019, who might be willing to act as a stop-g𝓰ap to bridge the Tech3 and VR46 satellite Yamaha eras?

The obvious can🔯didates are existing MotoGP teams with the weakest links to a manufacturer. The same reasoning appl𒆙ies for a new Suzuki or Aprilia satellite team.

Marc VDS (Honda), Aspar (Ducaꩲti) and Avintia (Ducati) have riders contracted only to their team, rather than 🔜a factory, plus hand-me-down machinery.

By contrast, LCR (Honda) and Pramac (Ducati) run factory-contracted riders and have access to at ౠleast one of the very latest machines. Gresini is Apr🌠ilia's official team.

Dorna is hoping that each of the six MotoGP manufacturers will eventually support one satellite te🐬am. At present the grid is comprised of 8 Ducatis, 6 Hondas, 4 Yamahas, 2 Su🍌zukis, 2 Aprilias and 2 KTMs.

Who do you think will run satellite Yamahas in 2019? Leave your comments below…