The Monster Energy🦄 Yamaha Team Principal has also claimed he wa🐽s ‘surprised’ by the timing of RNF Racing's decision, as an announcement was made during a meeting between both sides.

After joining MotoGP in 2019 as Petronas Yamaha, the Razlan Razali-owned team - 𒊎rebranded as WithU RNF for 2021 - remained with Yamaha for this season a💙s part of its three-year deal.

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Of all the sa✅tellite teams currently in MotoGP, RNF Racing were the only one without a contract for 2023, meaning a decision to either stay with Yamaha or move to another manufacturer would therefore need to take place. 

And it has!

RNF will use RS-GP machines next season, marking the first time in the MotoGP era that Aprilia will have more than🔯 two bikes on the grid. 

Speaking to MotoGP.com, Jarvis said: “It’s not an Ideal situation. At Yamaha we’ve had🔯 satellite teams as far as I can remember - we’ve always had more than two bikes on the g🐓rid. 

“Of course, it’s never nice when you get to the end of a relationship. We have until the end of the season and we will remain partners [until then] together with RNF. But they took their decisi🐠on to move to Aprilia for the future. 

“We respect that, but I was a little bit surprised with the announcement yesterday as the announcement was issued while we were in the meeting hearing their decision which was a little bit unusual. But we reﷺspect their decision and we’ll move on from there.”

Jarvis confirms Yamaha will have just two MotoGP bikes in 2023 as they attempt to address its top speed deficit

While RNF switching to Aprilia means the Italian manufacturer will have four bikes for the first time🔯 since the premier class became MotoGP, the s🐻ame can be said for Yamaha in the sense that they’ve always had four bikes, therefore 2023 will be the first season as a two-bike outfit.

“We will ha💃ve [just] two bikes on the grid next year. As I’ve said, up until now we’ve always had sa♉tellite teams,” Jarvis continued. 

“But in reality, in the MotoGP paddock every team has existing contracts with manufacturers, so at t﷽his time there are no alternatives.&ꦦnbsp;

“But that’s okay for🔯 us because right now we can focus on the factory bike and getting; should we say literally getting up to speed, improving and dedicating our focus on getting our bike into shape and challenging for the championship.”

If Yamaha has ideas of returning to a four-bike set-up, then it will have to wait at least another season with potential opt𒐪ions such as Gresini (currently in the first of a two-year deal with Ducati💝) and Valentino Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team (starting a three-year Ducati agreement) already under contract. Other Independent teams - such as LCR Honda, Tech3 KTM and Pramac Ducati - are also already ‘first in line’ with their existing manufacturers.