Ducati have not yet꧃ decided what to do with Enea Bastianini.

Every MotoGP rider (except for Repsol Honda’s Luca Marini and KTM’s Br♈ad Binder) will see their current contract expire at the end of this season meaning a frantic silly season i🎀s anticipated.

Ducati intend to keep hold of two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia but will not promise Bastianini his place fo🌸r next 🐽year

“No. First of all, we have to ꦗfinalise with Pecco,” team manager Davide Tardozzi said.

“Then we will see what’s ജgoing on in the second place.

“Enea is one of the guys that is under our eyes.

“But꧋ we wil♔l take a bit more time to decide the rider for 2025 and 2026.”

Tardozzi said a꧃bout Bastianini: “It’s an important year for him after a very bad 2023.

“I think he has recovered ♎all 𒁃of his body problems.

“𒊎Mentally h🎃e is focused to be one of the contenders for this year’s championship.

“He 🥂showed in Qatar and Mala🍌ysia that he will be competitive.

“I think h✤e will be one of the four or five guys who will play for the championship until the end.”

Bastianini earned a call-up to Ducati’s factory team ahead of Jorge Martin after winning the second-꧅most amount of grands prix in 2022.

Buꩲt his debut year in red was disrupted b♉y injury, while Pramac’s Martin fought for the title.

Bastianini, knowing his bike is coveted (perhaps even by Marc Marquez) went seco⭕nd-fastest behind Bagnaia onℱ Day 2 of the preseason Qatar test.

Bagnaia’s future is🥂 expected to remain with Ducati. He is in talks over a new contrಞact.

“We are dis🅘cussing with his management the last details,” Tardozzi said.

“We are not in a rush.

“Pecco is concentrating on the ‘24 c꧅hampionship and the first race in Qatar.

“We are trying to final𓆉ise it as fast as possible.

🐬“There is no deadline. Both parties want to stay together. Pecco wants to stay at Ducati. We absolutely want Pecco to stay with us.

“It’s just a matter of time. We are trying to do♒ it as 🌠soon as possible but there is no rush.”

The GP24 tha𓄧t Bagnaia and Bastianini will climb onto this year has received great feedback from riders.

Featuring a new fairing which initially took some getting used to, the bike is a🔥n om💖inous sign for the rest of the grid.

Tardozzi summarised his team’s machinery: “Obviously, very happy. “Here in Qatar is confirmation of what we had in Sepang🌃, that the ‘24 bike is in the right way.

“We are considering the last few🃏 chec🐟ks but the riders are very happy.

“We will come here for the race in a verꦉy goo🍃d mood.

“We♛ understand that our competitors have improved a꧋ lot. It will be a tough competition.”