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Pramac Racing
Prima Pramac Racing logo.jpg
2024 name Prima Pramac Racing
Base Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy
Principal Paolo Campionoti
Gino Borsoi (Manager)
Rider(s) 21. Franco Morbidelli
89. Jorge Martín
Motorcycle Ducati Desmosedici
Tyres Michelin
Riders' Championships 1
2024 : Jorge Martin
Teams' Championships 1
2023

Pramac Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship. The team was created in 2002 by Italian company Pramac. In 2005 Pramac Racing joined forces with Spanish d'Antin MotoGP to form "Pramac d'Antin" and in 2007 the team became part of the Pramac Group. After Luis d'Antin left the team in 2008, the team became known as "Pramac Racing". Their base is in Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.

In 2023, Pramac Racing won the MotoGP teams' championship, becoming the first independent team to take that title.

History

d'Antin MotoGP

The d'Antin MotoGP Team was created in 1999 by Spanish former motorcycle racer Luis d'Antin and was based in Madrid. Beginning in 1999 the team raced in the 250 cc Spanish and World Championships with Yamaha bikes and Spanish riders Fonsi Nieto and David García. In the same season the team ran in the 500 cc class with Japanese rider Norifumi Abe aboard a Yamaha YZR500. Abe took a win in 2000 at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. José Luis Cardoso joined the team in 2001 as second rider alongside Abe. A podium finish was the team's best result.

In 2002 the 500 cc class became MotoGP and the D'Antin team continued with the same riders and the same Yamaha YZR500. The 500 cc 2-stroke motorcycle was not able to compete against the more powerful 990 cc 4-strokes and top 10 finishes were the team's best results. D'Antin got the new Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2003, with Shinya Nakano as the team's only rider. The team switched to Ducati motorcycles in 2004 using the previous season's Desmosedici GP3 and signing 2003 Superbike World Champion Neil Hodgson and runner-up Rubén Xaus, Ducati's factory riders for the 2003 World Superbike Championship season. The team ran into financial difficulties mid-season and was not able to run a test program; their best result was a third place for Xaus in Qatar.

Pramac Racing

Pramac Racing entered MotoGP in 2002, taking over the activities of Hardwick Racing, relocating to Italy and using the Honda NSR500 with Tetsuya Harada as a rider. In September 2002 Pramac signed a three-year deal with Max Biaggi and Honda Racing Corporation to enter a Honda RC211V. Two months later Pramac and Pons Racing reached an agreement whereby Biaggi would have competed for Pons while still under contract with Pramac.

In 2003 Pramac also entered his own team with a Honda RC211V for Makoto Tamada, being the only Honda team to use Bridgestone tyres. A podium in Brazil was the team's best result, while Biaggi scored two wins and finished the championship in third place.

For 2004 Pramac Racing ran alongside Pons Racing under the name Camel Honda. Tamada and his team, led by Luca Montiron, joined Sito Pons' structure. Tamada still raced on Bridgestone tyres while Biaggi used Michelin tyres. Tamada finished the season with two wins and sixth place in the final championship standings; Biaggi clinched a win and the third place overall. Many changes happened at the end of the season: Biaggi terminated his contract with Pramac and joined the Repsol Honda works team, Luca Montiron also left the team and founded JiR with Tamada as a rider while Pramac ended its relationship with Pons Racing to start a new project with Ducati and d'Antin.

Pramac d'Antin

In 2005 d'Antin MotoGP and Pramac Racing merged to form Pramac d'Antin. The team used the previous season's Desmosedici GP4 with Italian Roberto Rolfo as a rider. The team used Dunlop tyres and usually finished races near the back of the grid. For 2006 the team was given use of the Desmosedici GP6. the same motorcycles the factory team was using. Alex Hofmann and José Luis Cardoso were the team's riders. The Dunlop tyres the team used were not competitive and once again the team finished races near the back of the grid.

Prior to the start of the 2007 season, Pramac and d'Antin reached an agreement that saw the d'Antin team becoming an integral part of the Pramac Group. The team used the new 800 cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7 and Bridgestone tyres, and Brazilian Alex Barros joined the team alongside Alex Hofmann. Barros had a strong season finishing regularly in the top ten and taking a podium finish at the Italian Grand Prix, beating works rider Casey Stoner into fourth place. Hofmann had a more average season and he injured his hand in practice at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He was replaced by Chaz Davies for the remainder of the weekend, and by Iván Silva at Brno. Hofmann returned to racing at Misano but he was fired by the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix, after pulling out of the race while in with a chance of scoring points, due to a lack of motivation. Davies returned to complete the season.

Alice Team

In 2008, the team continued using the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 and Bridgestone tyres. Sylvain Guintoli and Toni Elías were the team's riders, while the team was sponsored by Alice – Telecom Italia's DSL service – and was renamed the Alice Team. Luis d'Antin resigned from the team midway though the 2008 season, at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.

Pramac Racing

For the 2009 season, the team competed under the name of Pramac Racing, using the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 and Bridgestone tyres with Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa as the team's riders. On 19 August 2009 it was announced Aleix Espargaró would race for Pramac in Indianapolis and Misano, the seat having been filled by Michel Fabrizio at Brno. He temporarily replaced Kallio who in turn filled in for Casey Stoner at the Ducati works team. Kallio and Espargaró raced for Pramac for the 2010 season.

The Pramac team competed in the 2011 championship with riders Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet and achieving a sixth place as a best race result. Damian Cudlin and Sylvain Guintoli entered some races replacing an injured Capirossi. In 2012 Pramac Racing fielded only one bike for Héctor Barberá. For 2013, Pramac Racing received Factory supported team Ducati status and fielded two factory-specification Desmosedici for works riders Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies. Spies was injured for all but the first two races of that season and was replaced by Michele Pirro and later Yonny Hernández, who ended up securing a ride for the team in the 2014 season alongside the confirmed Iannone. During 2014 Iannone still raced a factory-supported GP14 bike, while Hernandez rode a GP13 bike.

For 2015 Iannone was promoted to the factory Ducati team, to replace Cal Crutchlow. Iannone was replaced by Danilo Petrucci at Pramac. Hernández retained with the team, both of them were riding with the Ducati Desmosedici GP14. In 2016, Scott Redding joined the team. Petrucci retained with the team, both of them were riding with the Ducati Desmosedici GP15.

In 2017, the Pramac team received a factory-specification Ducati Desmosedici for Petrucci - as his championship standing was ahead from Redding in 2016 - while Redding riding with a one-year old Ducati Desmosedici. In 2018, Jack Miller joined the team to replacing Redding, who was moved to the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. As usual, Petrucci riding with GP18 bike while Miller riding with GP17 bike.

In 2019 Petrucci was promoted to the factory Ducati team, to replace Jorge Lorenzo. Petrucci was replaced by Francesco Bagnaia - the 2018 Moto2 World Champion - at Pramac. Miller was promoted to riding a Ducati Desmosedici GP19, whilst Bagnaia riding with a Ducati Desmosedici GP18. For 2020, for the first time since 2013, the Pramac Racing fielded two factory-specification Ducati Desmosedici GP20 bike for works riders Miller and Bagnaia - both riders are riding with the same bike for the first time since 2016.

For 2021, Johann Zarco and Jorge Martín joined the team after their last season with Esponsorama Racing and Moto2 respectively. Both riders riding the new Ducati Desmosedici GP21. The team scored its first ever premier class victory at the Styrian GP by Jorge Martin.

For the 2025 season, Pramac Racing will use factory spec Yamaha bikes as an extension to the factory Yamaha squad.

MotoGP results

By rider

Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2023 MotoGP Prima Pramac Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP23 France Johann Zarco 20 1 6 0 2 225 5th
Spain Jorge Martín 20 4 8 4 2 428 2nd
MotoE Prettl Pramac MotoE Ducati V21L Italy Luca Salvadori 10 0 0 0 0 22 17th
Spain Tito Rabat 16 0 0 0 0 57 14th
Spain Oscar Gutiérrez 4 0 0 0 0 15 19th
Italy Andrea Migno 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2024 MotoGP Prima Pramac Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24 Italy Franco Morbidelli 20 0 0 0 0 173 9th
Spain Jorge Martín 20 3 16 7 2 508 1st

By season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Motorcycle Tyres No. Riders Race Riders'
championship		 Teams'
championship		 Manufacturers'
championship
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points Pos. Points Pos. Points Pos.
2002 Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha YZR-M1 M JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
6 Japan Norifumi Abe DNS 10 129 6th 142 6th 272 2nd
Yamaha YZR500 5 7 6 4 7 16 9 4 6 8 7 6 8 10
20 Spain Pere Riba DNS 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 4 27th
30 Spain José Luis Cardoso 16 13 11 16 15 Ret 9 23rd
Pramac Honda Racing Team Honda NSR500 D
31 Japan Tetsuya Harada 11 12 10 Ret 10 13 13 11 Ret 15 10 13 15 Ret 14 14 47 17th 47 11th 390 1st
2003 Pramac Honda Honda RC211V B JPN SAF ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR RIO PAC MAL AUS VAL
6 Japan Makoto Tamada Ret 14 6 Ret 4 7 16 13 13 9 10 3 DSQ 10 10 10 87 11th 87 9th 395 1st
d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 56 Japan Shinya Nakano 9 11 8 14 5 5 13 9 7 14 12 8 9 8 7 Ret 101 10th 101 8th 175 3rd
2004 D'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP3 M RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED RIO GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VAL
11 Spain Rubén Xaus Ret Ret 14 5 6 7 12 11 11 Ret Ret 9 3 13 11 Ret 77 11th 115 8th 169 3rd
50 United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Ret Ret Ret 11 12 10 16 13 10 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 18 15 38 17th
2005 D'Antin MotoGP – Pramac
Team d'Antin Pramac		 Ducati Desmosedici GP4 D ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VAL
44 Italy Roberto Rolfo 15 13 16 15 17 14 18 Ret 10 14 17 Ret 13 12 13 16 Ret 25 18th 25 10th 202 3rd
2006 Pramac d'Antin MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici GP5 D ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
30 Spain José Luis Cardoso Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 17 11 17 15 14 13 Ret 17 17 Ret 14 Ret 10 20th 33 11th 248 3rd
66 Germany Alex Hofmann 15 15 16 15 13 Ret 10 Ret 14 15 13 16 11 Ret 23 (30) 17th
22 Spain Iván Silva 16 Ret 18 0 NC
2007 Pramac d'Antin Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL
4 Brazil Alex Barros 9 11 4 14 Ret 3 8 7 7 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 8 5 12 7 115 10th 181 6th 394 1st
66 Germany Alex Hofmann 11 DSQ 9 9 5 11 13 9 8 9 11 Ret 65 13th
57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies 16 Ret 17 DNS 0 NC
22 Spain Iván Silva 16 0 NC
72 Japan Shinichi Ito 15 1 26th
2008 Alice Team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR IND JPN AUS MAL VAL
24 Spain Toni Elías 14 15 12 8 11 12 DSQ 11 12 12 7 2 3 12 16 11 15 18 92 12th 159 8th 321 2nd
50 France Sylvain Guintoli 15 16 15 15 13 11 13 13 10 6 12 12 11 7 14 14 13 12 67 13th
2009 Pramac Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP9 B QAT JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE IND SMR POR AUS MAL VAL
36 Finland Mika Kallio 8 8 Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 14 10 Ret 9 10 9 54 (71) 15th 108 8th 272 3rd
88 Italy Niccolò Canepa 17 14 16 15 9 16 14 12 12 8 12 Ret 13 13 DNS 38 16th
84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Ret 0 NC
44 Spain Aleix Espargaró 13 11 11 13 16 18th
2010 Pramac Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP10 B QAT ESP FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
36 Finland Mika Kallio Ret 7 13 Ret 13 11 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 15 12 11 43 17th 109 8th 286 3rd
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Ret 15 9 8 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 9 11 10 14 Ret 8 Ret 11 65 14th
71 Spain Carlos Checa Ret 15 1 21st
2011 Pramac Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP11 B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
14 France Randy de Puniet Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 13 DNS 12 8 14 12 10 6 C Ret 49 16th 92 6th 180 3rd
65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ret 11 12 Ret 9 10 DNS 12 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 C 9 43 17th
50 France Sylvain Guintoli 17 0 NC
6 Australia Damian Cudlin Ret 0 NC
2012 Pramac Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP12 B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA IND CZE SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL
8 Spain Héctor Barberá 9 10 10 9 11 10 7 9 9 Ret 12 10 7 12 Ret 83 11th 93 8th 192 3rd
24 Spain Toni Elías Ret 11 11 10 24th
2013 Energy T.I. Pramac Team Ducati Desmosedici GP13 B QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR SMR ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL
29 Italy Andrea Iannone 9 10 Ret 11 13 Ret 13 DNS 11 9 11 Ret 10 Ret 8 14 Ret 57 12th 121 8th 155 3rd
Ignite Pramac Racing 11 United States Ben Spies 10 13 DNS DNS 9 21st
51 Italy Michele Pirro 8 10 14 10 12 12 10 36 (56) 13th
15 San Marino Alex de Angelis 11 5 23rd
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 12 10 13 15 Ret 14 (21) 18th
2014 Pramac Racing B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP14 29 Italy Andrea Iannone 10 7 6 Ret Ret 7 9 6 5 Ret 5 8 5 Ret 6 Ret DNS 22 102 10th 155 6th 211 3rd
Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP13 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 12 13 12 14 13 10 11 19 17 Ret Ret 11 10 15 Ret 11 7 Ret 53 15th
2015 Pramac Racing
Octo Pramac Racing		 Ducati Desmosedici GP14 B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 12 10 11 12 10 9 9 11 9 10 10 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 10 113 10th 169 6th 256 3rd
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 10 Ret Ret 10 8 10 Ret 14 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10 14 17 12 13 56 14th
2016 Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati Desmosedici GP15 M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci DNS 7 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 11 17 8 9 10 12 75 14th 161 6th 261 3rd
45 United Kingdom Scott Redding 10 Ret 6 19 Ret Ret 16 3 4 8 15 17 15 19 9 7 15 14 74 15th
51 Italy Michele Pirro 12 8 16 12 (36) 19th
2017 Octo Pramac Racing M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP17 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ret 7 8 7 Ret 3 Ret 2 12 7 Ret Ret 2 20 3 21 6 13 124 8th 188 5th 310 3rd
Ducati Desmosedici GP16 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding 7 8 12 11 Ret 12 13 Ret 20 16 12 8 7 14 16 11 13 Ret 64 14th
2018 Alma Pramac Racing M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP18 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 5 10 12 4 2 7 8 Ret 4 6 5 C 11 7 9 9 12 9 Ret 144 8th 235 5th 335 2nd
Ducati Desmosedici GP17 43 Australia Jack Miller 10 4 9 6 4 Ret Ret 10 14 12 18 C 18 9 10 Ret 7 8 Ret 91 13th
2019 Alma Pramac Racing
Pramac Racing		 M QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP19 43 Australia Jack Miller Ret 4 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 9 6 3 Ret 8 9 3 14 10 3 8 3 165 8th 219 6th 318 3rd
Ducati Desmosedici GP18 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ret 14 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 17 12 7 11 Ret 16 11 13 4 12 DNS 54 15th
2020 Pramac Racing M SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR
Ducati Desmosedici GP20 43 Australia Jack Miller 4 Ret 9 3 2 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 Ret 6 2 2 132 7th 183 5th 221 1st
51 Italy Michele Pirro 12 20 4 23rd
63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia 7 Ret DNS 2 Ret 6 13 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 47 16th
2021 Pramac Racing M QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP21 5 France Johann Zarco 2 2 Ret 8 2 4 2 8 4 6 Ret 11 17 12 Ret 5 5 6 173 5th 288 4th 357 1st
89 Spain Jorge Martín 15 3 DNS 14 12 Ret 1 3 Ret 9 Ret 5 Ret 7 2 111 9th
51 Italy Michele Pirro 13 3 (12) 23rd
53 Spain Tito Rabat 18 15 1 27th
2022 Pramac Racing
Prima Pramac Racing		 M QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP22 5 France Johann Zarco 8 3 Ret 9 2 Ret 5 4 3 2 13 Ret 5 Ret 8 11 4 8 9 Ret 166 8th 318 4th 448 1st
89 Spain Jorge Martín Ret Ret 2 8 Ret 22 Ret 13 2 6 7 5 10 9 6 3 9 7 Ret 3 152 9th
2023 Prima Pramac Racing M POR ARG AME SPA FRA ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL
Ducati Desmosedici GP23 5 France Johann Zarco 48 2 7 Ret 8 36 34 35 F Ret 94 13 47 10 6 NC5 F Ret 1 109 128 12 29 225 5th 653 1st 700 1st
89 Spain Jorge Martín Ret2 58 Ret3 44 21 23 11 56 F 66 73 35 1P 1 21 1P 1 Ret1 5P F 1P 1 42 101 Ret1 428 2nd
2024 Prima Pramac Racing M QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT ARA RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD
Ducati Desmosedici GP24 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 18 18 Ret Ret4 7 Ret 64 99 55 10 86 6 Ret3 59 45 55 65 Ret6 146 86 173 9th 681 2nd 722 1st
89 Spain Jorge Martín 3P 1 13 43 Ret1 1P 1 24 3P 22 RetP 1 F 22 2P 2 22 151 22 1P 24 F 2P 1 22 21 33 508 1st

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