Gigi Dall’Ign💯a’s big decision about who will ride the 2025 factory Ducati was mentioned on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

We were at the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona to see Aleix Espargaro’s retiremꦯent speech, his sprint win then Pecco Bagnaia’s grand prix glory.

The l꧙ooming storyline revolves around whether Ducati will go with Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin or Enea Bastianini alo✅ngside Bagnaia next year.

“For Ducati, if theyౠ don’t go with Martin, justifying that decision is, to me, very hard,” Rober𒊎t Jones said.

“I don’t know how they justify that.

“I know the appeal of Mꦛarquez. But in terms of age, and what he’s delivering right now, Martin is the guy to go with.

“He said on several occasions that🅰 he can’t do any more. I really believe he can’t.

“If he goes on to win the title this year - which he looks like the favouri🌠te to do - what else꧋ can he do?

“He’s 🧜there every wee♐kend, winning nearly every weekend.

“It’s hard to match him especially if Bagnaia has issues in the sprin🧜t and Marc has issues in the qualifying.”

Pramac’s Martin leads the MotoGP championship ahead of Bagnaia, Marquez and Bastianini headinꦚg into Mugello this weekend.

The upcoming Italian Moto🐲GP was also debated on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

Aleix Espargaro retirement discussed

Our MotoGP editor Peter McLaren was present in Barcelona to hear Espargaro’s tearfu𓆏l retirement.

“Thursday we heard rumours that Aleix 🔥would announce something,” Peter reported on the podcast.

“To do it at his home round was the right place.

“You never know what a rider will be like, after that. Once their mind-set changes, what will🅷 they be like on-track?

“Great for him. 🦹So much has 🦩happened at this track for him over the years.

“Double win last year, then the sprint… it wඣa🎃sn’t quite a fairytale finish.

“He’s got ꧟the rest of the season to look forward to. The Aprilia is a good bike - but one does well, and the other struggles…”