Jack Miller set to take Scott Redding's Pramac Ducati MotoGP seat
Jack Miller is set to switch to the Pramac Ducati MotoGP team for 2018, taking Scott Redding's ride, Autosport has learned
Miller's three-year factory Honda expires at the end of this year, meaning he had to reach a deal with Marc VDS directly.
He instead he took up an option to join Pramac, which is known to have been courting him for some months.
Autosport understands Miller had to inform Pramac by Sunday afternoon of his choice, otherwise it would have moved to secure Tito Rabat's services for next season.
At no point during the discussions did Pramac consider renewing the contract of Redding, whose best option now appears to be to return to the Marc VDS squad with which he raced in Moto2 and his MotoGP rookie season in 2015.
Marc VDS team principal Michael Bartholemy remains Redding's agent.
Miller would arrive at Pramac as the number two rider on a year-old bike, while team-mate Danilo Petrucci gets the factory-spec 2018 Desmosedici.
Miller's current Marc VDS team-mate Rabat is now poised to join Avintia, where he is expected to ride one of its 2017-spec Ducatis.
Incumbents Hector Barbera and Loris Baz are among the candidates for the second bike.
At Aspar, Alvaro Bautista has finalised a deal to remain on board, despite being courted by Aprilia, but it is not clear yet who will ride the second bike, even if Karel Abraham has the backing to stay.
The identity of Aleix Espargaro's team-mate at Aprilia also remains uncertain.
Both Bautista and Petrucci turned down the chance to join the team, but Sam Lowes remains vulnerable despite having a two-year deal in place.
One of the final remaining questions about the 2018 grid is whether LCR expands to a second Honda.
If it does, Japanese Moto2 rider Takaaki Nakagami would likely become Cal Crutchlow's team-mate.
Vinales clash shows Marquez playing with MotoGP rivals - Crutchlow
Folger: More to come after breakthrough MotoGP podium in Germany
Ellis named as replacement for injured Auer in Bathurst 12 Hour
DTM race-winner Philip Ellis will make his Bathurst 12 Hour debut this week as a stand-in for the injured Lucas Auer.
Winning MSR Acura "super lucky" with Daytona 24 gearbox scare
The Meyer Shank Racing Acura team was "super lucky" to win the Daytona 24 Hours despite its malfunctioning gearbox for most of the race, according to team boss Michael Shank.
Bourdais “surprised” Cadillac was beaten on pace in Daytona 24 Hours
Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais said he was surprised that the victorious Acura ARX-06 outperformed his new V-LMDh in the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season opener.
Daytona 24: MSR Acura opens GTP era with win, Proton snatches LMP2 by 0.016s
Meyer Shank Racing scored its second consecutive victory in the Daytona 24 Hours in the first race for the IMSA SportsCar Championship's new GTP regulations, leading an Acura 1-2 finish.
The other Suzuki signing that could transform Honda's MotoGP form
Following Suzuki's decision to quit MotoGP, both of its former riders have landed at Honda for 2023. But perhaps its biggest signing from the now-defunct team could instead be a highly-rated technical manager. Is Ken Kawauchi the right man at the right time to steer HRC back to glory?
How the MotoGP paddock has offered refuge to Suzuki's former team
Suzuki's unexpected departure left more than 40 professionals virtually jobless for the 2023 MotoGP season. But that human drama has been successfully corrected by the paddock itself, with most former Suzuki crew-members absorbed into other operations
How one MotoGP team went from title fights to losing it all in four years
The Petronas Sepang Racing Team came into MotoGP with a bang in 2019 as regular front-runners, with wonder rookie Fabio Quartararo mounting a title challenge in 2020. But it all went wrong for the Razlan Razali-helmed squad as the team changed hands and tumbled down the order - and RNF Racing plans to right this in 2023
Is MotoGP's comeback king ready to reclaim his throne?
Marc Marquez’s sixth premier MotoGP title seems a long time ago given the injury woes he has faced in the three years since. At the end of a fraught 2022, in which he had a fourth major operation on his right arm, the Spaniard speaks exclusively to Autosport
How MotoGP’s underachiever is working to reverse its fortunes in 2023
As European manufacturers emerged as the strongest force in 2022 in a changing of the guard for MotoGP, one powerhouse couldn’t quite match the feats of Ducati and Aprilia. Its motorsport chief tells Autosport why this is and what it is doing to become a consistent frontrunner in the class of kings
How MotoGP riders are preparing for the physical stress of sprint races
With the expansion of the calendar to 21 grands prix and the introduction of sprint races, the 2023 MotoGP season will take the riders to almost 1,300 kilometres of competition more than this year, a factor that forces adjustments in their physical preparations.
The Ducati rider who is much more than just the brother of a MotoGP legend
Surname pressure is something many have had to deal with in their motorsport careers. And while Luca Marini doesn’t have that, his familial relation and the team he rides for in MotoGP have cast a brighter spotlight on his progress. But, as he has shown in 2022 – and as he reveals to Autosport – Marini is so much more than just the brother of a legend
Ranking the top 10 riders of MotoGP 2022
The 2022 MotoGP season was another hotly contested championship, with Francesco Bagnaia emerging as the title winner after the campaign went to the wire. Autosport picks out the 10 best performers of the season
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.