The Pata Yamaha with the Yamaha team is reaching another crossroads in his career, six -time Worldsbk Champion in his second season.
After joining Yamaha at the end of 2023, after deciding that Kawasaki ZX-10RR won only one race that year, which was no longer competitive to fight for the world title, Ri, Ri, has been unable to meet the level of performance that he was managed in his Kawasaki peak, nor level Toprak razgatkluu Gained with YZF-R1 between 2021–2023.
Actually, in a season where Yamaha has won five podiums and one, Jonathan Rees The Best Finnish Egypto finished seventh in the Superpol Race.
It is true that REA’s 2025 season has become complicated by a significant injury in the Philip Island test in February, which was before the early stages of the season, which saw him recalling the early three rounds of 2025.
However, REC has spoken since its comeback of its difficulty in finding the best from R1.
“We can grind the results, but I think, fundamentally, yet, I don’t really understand the bike too much, especially when we have to go for a superpol,” Ri said, talking to WorldsBK.com, while talking to the Emilia-Romagna round, he crashed after being out of Race 2 at the end of the Emilia-Romagna round.
The results talk about ri -‘grinding out’, as is the above, something like the seventh place. This from a rider, who in the years of his title, included two years of the three-half weekend format in the total 14 races from the podium during six sessions.
If it is a matter of Ri’s move for Yamaha, then, after a close-winning year in Kawasaki, he had to rebuild himself as a title claimant, it seems currently a step that fails his purpose.
For Ri, which will be 39 years old before the start of the 2026 season, its next contract should be considered – probably, if there is no possibility of being, his last in the World Championship.
After spending a one-and-a-half season on Yamaha, he is still struggling to understand the bike that his future will lie outside Iwata Market.
In addition, even public noise from Yamaha suggests dissatisfaction with performance Yamaha Motor Europe’s Sports and Road Racing Manager Nicolo Kenna said that he found REA’s performance in Munano “disappointing”. Compared to the choice of Remi Gardner and Andrea Locately – Later looking for itself on the podium in the superpol race.
Perhaps, then, a step away from Yamaha is the answer to Ri in 2026, and the option is clearly clear.
In the last one and a half sessions, only three brands have won the race at WorldsBK: Yamaha, BMW and Ducati.
Yamaha’s only win came to Race 2 in Essen this year when the above Locatelli was inherited from the lead. Nicolo will call When Aruba.T Racing Ducati Rider faced technical issues; And all the wins BMW have scored in the last season and one and a half, which is taken by Toprak Razgataloglu (the other is being taken in the rain Michael Van Der Mark Last year in Race 2 in Magney-Cours).
He leaves Ducati, whose factory team Bulga and won with both Alvaro botista Since the beginning of 2024, and who won four races with satellite riders in the previous season: Barni with three Denilo petruchiAnd with one eleven Andrea Iyanon,
It is Ducati, which has the strongest package in WorldsBK, a one that is strong enough for satellite teams, capable of struggling for podium and victory, and therefore it is Ducati who is the most potential path to Ri back to the top of the world superbike.
It will be equal to this step, in a way Scott reding Was built for 2024, as he demanded Bonovo MGM Ducati to return himself after a three -year difficulty with BMW.
Reding, however, is evidence that the Panigel V4R – which will have a model update for 2026 – WorldsBK does not have a magic pill. He started the season with three top -fives in the island of Philip, but has been in the top -10 only on four occasions since then.
Compared to facing raids, the added complexity for REA, is that they would have to find their way in the existing Ducati Roster, while the MGM team’s switch for Ducati from BMW for this season opened a place for #45, which joined the German outfits for their previous season with M1000 RR in 2024 and listened to this year.
If Ri needs a difference in Ducati, where can it be visible?
We know that Alvaro Botista is leaving the Aruba.IT racing team at the end of this season, as confirmed in the Vryano, but the more possible route for the REA for Ducati seems to be out of the factory team and with the Armada of the Bologna Marks of the satellite teams.
In particular, this Go seems to be eleven team, where according to GPon.com, REA is likely to end, which reports that Andrea Iyanon may leave the Italian team at the end of this season.
Ianon’s season, such as Reese, has been disappointing in Go XI. Italian was a race winner at Aragon in its Ruki Worldsback season, but in 2025 Ianon has not been at the podium since a round one in Australia and since then its best result was the fourth in Race 1 in Kreemona.
Ianonon came in 2025 hoping that additional technical support from Ducati would convert him into a consistent podium and victory contender, but it has not gone in that way.
If eleven and Ianon are set to divide, it can be an option for REA.
But he will not be the only contender for the seat, as the current Worlds points leader Staphano Manji is keen to step for WorldsBK in the next season.
Yamaha is theoretically obvious alternative to Italian, which despite the mistakes in the recent race, surely seems to be for the supersport title and in the miracle. But with his compatriot Andrea Locately already confirmed in the Yamaha factory team for the next season, there would be a more realistic possibility to step into 2024 for a place Manji in GRT Yamaha.
GPONE has reported that Manji may see somewhere else for her superbike graduation next year, and eleven may have a strong possibility in that case.
The reason for this is the relation of Manzi with PATA Chips brand owner Remo Gobi.
Gobi said in an interview with GPON in December 2024, “There is a backstory about Manji that I want to mention, dating back in the 2023 World Championship, is an important moment of his career.”
“Stephano [Manzi] Was a great season and, given his commitment on the track, I personally decided to intervene to take charge of his victory prize and placement.
“Finally Stephano is still acting with Yamaha, and in 2026 I would like to take him to SBK.”
However, Speedweek has since been told that Manji would be on a Yamaha in 2026, when he tested R1 at Myso in late June, he left a positive impression.
This will suit the retail, but it will still need Ianon so that it can find a way for Ducati.
Whether Ianon should live, or in any case should be eleven opt for anyone other than Ri, certainly the WorldsBK will have other suiters for Northern Irishman. After this, this question will be about the desire to be committed to the project – something that will be determined by their interpretation of the said project to facilitate their return World superbike Championship.
