Morbidelli will face the axe from his Yamaha seat at the end of this season, after months of doubts abou🍨t his position, but any worry over his future has now been alleviated.

But although Morbidelli retains a strong reputation for his past accomplishments there is another behind-theꦏ-scenes reason that he was selected.

Prima, a major insurance compﷺany 🌞who sponsor the Pramac team, specifically wanted an Italian rider, report.

The exit of Johann Zarco from the Pramac seat opened a vacancy alongside Jorge Martin and Prima sensed an opportunity to strengthen the Italian presence within the Italy🐻-bas🅠ed team.

Morbidelli, one of four graduates fro✃m Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Academy on the current MotoGP grid, therefore shot to the front of the queue.

He even edged out the possibility of Marc Marquez arriving at Pramac - instead, the star Honda rider is likely to m🌄ove to Gresini Ducati.

For Morbidelli his 2024 switch represents the incredible opportunity to swap one of the worst bikes on the gr𓃲id for the best.

He wil🐠l benefit from a latest-spec Desmosedici at Pramac and w🃏ill hope for a rejuvenation of his peak, which saw him finish the 2020 season as runner-up.

He won th🎃ree grands prix in 2020 but hasn’t won since, and alongside teammate Fabio Quartararo has struggled on 🅘one of the two sub-par Yamahas this year.