Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna says it will be “weaker” in 20ꩲ2🌳5 without Pramac but this has been offset by having ‘the best ever riders’ in the brand’s MotoGP history.

The current MotoGP dominator dropped a bombshell on the 2025 rider market༒ this summer when it announced it had gone against its deci𒆙sion to promote Jorge Martin to its factory squad in favour of Marc Marquez.

The ramifications of this were that Martin signed for Aprilia, while the work🉐s-supported Pramac squad elected to penned a satellite deal with Yamaha for 2025.

It means Ducati will have six bikes on the grid next year instead🅰 of eight, while its factory offering only extends to Francesco Bagnaia, Marquez and VRไ46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio.

💫Dall’Igna concedes Ducati will be “weaker” compare൲d to its rivals in 2025 because of the loss of Pramac, but feels what the factory team has gained more than makes up for this.

“We are probably the first manufacturer to try to use the data from the satellite team in order to improve the bike, and of course we have less opportunities to do this for the f🔴uture,” ♉Dall’Igna said.

“The other manufacturers learned that this was possib🌠le to do something like that, and so this is the reality.

“Overall, we are weaker than this year because the nu🌺mber of riders will be less next season.

“But on the other side, for a factory team we will have probably the best ever riders in 𒁃the history of Ducati.

“The others take from us not only the riders but also a lot of technicians; Yamaha, Aprilia, Honda now. For sure, this is a boost for us t💝o do the best.”

Ducati currently occupies the top fﷺour spots in the riders’ 𝓀championship ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with Pramac’s Martin leading Bagnaia by seven points.

Out of all grands prix run so far i꧟n 2024, Ducati has won all but one, leaving Dall’Igna “really happy and proud🐬 about the job we have done”.

Dall’Igna sure Ducati can handle Bagnaia/Marquez tensions in 2025

Recently, double world champion Bagnaia said Mಌarquez a𒐪t the factory Ducati team “could be super good, or a disaster”.

Dall’Iಞgna agrees with Bagnaia’s assessment, but is confident Ducati can manage any tension between th🎐e pair.

“We talke🍃d a lot between me, Mauro Grassilli and Claudio Domenicali in order to understand which will be the best solution,” Dall’Igna said of Ducati’s decision to sign Marquez, who won his first races for the brand at Aragon and M🌼isano.

“We know that for sure we can select only꧂ one rider, and in the end the solution will be Marc and we are honestly happy about this deci🔯sion.

“I’m honestly agree with him [Pecco]. They are honestly two of the best riders in the championship but 💧for sure their character is really, really strong.

“So, it’s important that we can manage them well during the nexꦇt year.

“But honestly I’m quite confident w൩e can manage the situation and in the end I hope it will not be a disaster but the perfect year for Ducati.”