Gigi Dall’Igna insists “we can't play dirty” when asked about team o📖rders within Duඣcati.

The Italian manufacturer’s eight bikes on the 2024 MotoGP grid (double the amount of the Aprilias, KTMs 𝔍and Hondas) plus the superiority of the Desmosedici means that team orders is a constant source of intrigue.

Last year, Ducati had three riders vying for the championship (168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi).

The brand’s chiefs were constantly asked if they preferred a factory rider to become champion - a subject which could become m🐻ore prickly this season with the addition of Marc Marquez at Gresini.

Asked if Ducati riders could follow established orders, general manager Dall♛’Igna replied to : “This🐬 is a sport, which means we have to act in a sporting way and we can't play dirty.

“This is the basis of my philosophy.

“To play dirty would be to limit the performance of ⛄a bike to prevent a rider from winning.

“Jor🥂ge Martin had all the cards to fighꦯt for the title last year, right to the end. No strange moves.

“That's🌞 playing fair, playꦅing the sport correctly.”

And in the 2022 season, then-Gresini rider Enea Bastianini was able to fight factory rider and eventual champion Bagnaia wheel-to-whee൩l at several late rounds.

But in both seasons it has bee🦄n Bagnaia wh♋o triumphed as champion.

His supremacy may ๊be challenged by Marquez who will ride a year-old Du﷽cati at his new team, but has been tipped to challenge for the title by many people within the paddock.

Dall’Igna was asked if 𝕴more people would credit Marquez, rather than the bike that he has built for Du🔯cati.

“My goal is to win, and I hav⭕e to try to mꦚake Ducati do it for as long as possible,” he replied.

“That is the goal iꦯn my job. I am not egocentric in that sens𝔍e.

“I do𒊎n't see only Ducati winning, but winning tꩵogether with the rider and the team. We are a team.

🦂“I have never considered whether the rider or the bike 🍒is more important.

“The onജly thing that counts is that, at the end of the season, whoꦅever wins the most important title will be on a Ducati.”

The new concessions rules this year - which will prohibit Ducati as last year’s most dominant team - could level the pꦑlaying field and see additional challengers emerge.