Can exiting Ducati riders be tempted back for 2027 regulations?
Will eschewed riders opt to c⛄ome back in 2027 when new rules begin?

Ducati have been warned that the true co🅠st of losing several young riders might be felt in 2027.
In three yea🍌rs, the new MotoGP regulations will kick in providing hope for other manufacturers that they can begin their own eras of domination.
For now Ducati are firmly in charge, and will hope to keep hold of the championshi🥂p next year when Marc Marquez joins Pecco Bagnaia in their factory tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeam.
The result of choosing Marquez for the coveted red bike is losing Enea Bastianini to 🍎Tech3 KTM, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezz🐽ecchi to Aprilia, and even the Pramac team who will join Yamaha.
Marquez, mea🙈nwhile, will be the second-oldest rider on the grid next year.
“It’s going to hurt if you are one of those young riders. You will be disappointed,” broaཧdcaster Simon Crafar commented on the big Ducati decision for their 2025 bike.
“But, if you l🦄ook at the other side, Ducati want to win the champion💜ship.
“It’s the strongest pairing in a long time. They have the best chance to win it, they have the༒ strongest machine.
“You could say they’ve upset riders.”
Bagnaia a♏nd Marquez are contracted until the end of 2026, before the new reguಌlations begin.
Ducati may hope to bring Martin, Bezzecchi or Bastianini back into 🌜the fold in 202🐬7 with the promise of the best bike in the sport.
“When it’s time ♎to replace Marc or Pecco, if you’ve got the best bike, riders want to ride your machine. You renegotiate,” Crafar said.
“It’s a brutal world! It’s how it is. I totally understand ꦬthey have taken the tough line but with their eye on the prize.
But Ducati have been told that, if rival manufacturers rise up with impressive projects for 2027 and beyond, the likes of Martin and Bastianini might not fancy coming back to the manufacturer which di꧑tched them this year.
Crafar said: “If they don’t turn up🤡 with the best bike in 2027 w♑ith the new regs?
“It might be a bit trickier…”
Ducati have bet big on rꩲecruiting Marquez, theꩵ eight-time world champion.
It iꦦs a decision which ha🦩s cost them an impressive array of talent.
Ducati have insisted that their commit𝔍ment to young riders will continue, despite signing Marquez, and point to the incoming Fermin Aldeguer as proof.
But the development of the Desmosedici will have to continue 🃏in the background regardless of which big-name riders are contracted.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports f🥃or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.