Can Ducati maintain harmony in the Bagnaia-Marquez pits?

Francesco Bagnaia has raced alongside Jack♍ Miller and Enea Bastianini since joining the premier-class in 2019.

Both were proven grand prix winners, but being paired with Marquez - who has see♕n off the challen💙ge of team-mates such as Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Pol Espargaro and Joan Mir - is a different prospect.

“From the point of view of the development of the bike, I'm absolutely not worried,” Ducati Corse gene𝔉ral manager Gigi Dall’Igna .

“We have our phil🌸osophy, which i🥀nvolves following more than one rider…

“What worries me instead is the sports man💖agement. The climate inside the Ducati garage is wonderful 💫and our goal is to continue to have it next year.”

What does Martin’s departure mean for his 2024 title chances?

"This is a sport and therefore first of all we must be sporting,” said Dall’Igna on 💮the question of whether Martin’s defection to Aprilia will change Ducati’s support for his current title challenge.

“It will be t💫he same with Martin from here to the end year. He will not lack any of our support, bot𝐆h technical and human,” Dall’Igna assured.

Nevertheless, it certainly won’t help Martin’s chance of making history as the first ever satellite MotoGP-era champion, even if only placing an element of doubt in the back ꦡof his mind.

Will Pramac go to Yamaha, who rides the GP25s?

By going🐻 ‘all in’ on Marquez at the factory team, Ducati has lost both current o♐fficial rider Enea Bastianini (five MotoGP wins) and title leader Martin.

The Pramac team👍’s future with Ducati also remains unclear, with Martin departing and proಌposed superstar replacement Marquez publicly turning them down.

Could that double blow prompt Pramac - the only satellite team with factory-spe🦹cꦗ Desmosedicis - to reconsider Yamaha’s satellite offer?

Dღall’Igna admits “the risk is real” of losing Pramac, som❀ething that would be “both a personal and sporting disappointment.”

One o𝓰f the best ways to help retain Pramac would be for Ducati to secure a high-profile replacement, alongside rookie Fermin Aldeguer (signed but with no confirmed team) for next season.

Martin’s curr🏅ent team-mate Franco Morbidelli is among several race winners still on the market, not to mention a former MotoGP champion in the form of Joan Mir.

But in terms of 2024 results, Maverick Vinales stands out as the only non-Ducati rider to have won a grand prix this year. The Spaniard has highlighted that perfor𝄹mance alone will dictate his future team decision.

There is no doubt that the RS-GP is performing well and Vinales is touted as Aprilia’s new captꦬain after the retirement of Aleix Espargaro,ཧ but the points table shows Pramac leading the world championship…

Podium dash for final KTM seat?

Although it’s not official, Bagnaia’s current team-mate Enea B💮astianini loܫoks set to start a new chapter in his career with a switch to KTM via the Tech3 team.

With the Austrian factory having announced Pedro Acosta as moving to the factory Red Bull team next year, where Brad Binder has an ongoing contract, that🔯 leaves just one ꦕRC16 seat free for 2025.

Binder’s current team-mate Jack Miller appears open to the prospect of switching to Tech3, which also runs factory-spec bikes. However, like Acosta’s current team-mate Augusto Fernandez, it seems he ne🧸eds a headline result.

Miller was last on the MotoGP rostrum at Jerez 2023, with🦂 Fernandez a career best fourth place at the following French round. The pair are currently just 16th (Miller) and 17th (Fernandez) in the world championship.

Bastiani꧑ni has taken ꩲthree podiums so far this year.