Enea Bastianini’s time at the factory Ducati MotoGP team will conclude at the end of this season, a🎐s the Italian heads to KTM.

It has not been a straightforward relationship between Bastianini and the factory team since he joined last year, with a broken shoulder blade in his first race for the team destroying his first season, which🌱 had knock-on effects for 2024.

“Mentally [2023] has been not good,” Bastianini told TNT Sports in the lead up to the Austrian Grand Pr𓆉ix. 

“Because, especially after the second injury, I was destroyed because I lose not only the points, because I was fighting for nothing🎃, but mentally it wasn’t very simple.”

Bastianini recovered in 2023, winning in Malaysia, but it was not enough to avoid entering 2024 with 👍his future severely questioned.

“In my head, there wasn’t other possibilities,” Bastianini said regarding his thought process at the beginning oꦜf this year.

“It was clear I wanted to remain in my [current] seat, I wanted to remain in the Ducati factory. This was my target, my obj🍌ective; I haven’t thought about other factories or nothing𒈔.

“But from the first race until Mugello has been really complicated, because many times we have thought about it and I have recei🍸ved many questions aboౠut it from many journalists.

“It’ꦜs like this, and it’s normal if you have more pressu🌱re. But after Mugello I realised I have to open my mind and go another way, to understand which one is the best possibility for me.”

Bastianini’s choice, 𝄹in the end, was KTM and the Tech3 team.

“At the end, I chose KTM,” the Italian said, “and I’m really satisfied. It will be important to remain focused on this year, and for the next one let൲’s see.”