Speaking to Dorna's Simon Crafar on Saturday morning in Germany, Ciabatti added that Johann Zar🤪co will remain at Pramac and that rumours of discussions with Suzuki’s 2020 world champion Joan Mir are false.

“We will probably wait😼 until the second race in August to assess a little bit the situation,” Ciabatti said of Francesco Bagnaia’s 2023 team-mate.

“The target for us was to h♈ave Enea and Jorge [confirmed] with us next year. I think we’ve reaꦏched that target, now we have to decide who goes in the factory team and we want to give Jorge a little bit more of a chance of riding the bike without physical problems and so on.”

Bastianini is the t♑op Ducati rider in the world championsh🐬ip, in third, having stunned with three wins on Gresini’s GP21 machine so far this season.

Martin, a rookie winner on a GP21 last season, is now riding the latest but perhaps less user-friendly GP22 at Praꦐmac, where he is just twelfth in the standings with two podiums.

But the Spaniard is the second-best qua꧑lifier so far this season and underwent right-hand 🔯surgery for Carpal Tunnel syndrome after Barcelona.

Turning to th꧒e Mir rumours, Ciabatti added: “Joan Mir is a great rider, but we never had any contact with him.

"I think the decision is going to be between Jorge and Enea for the factory team and no other ride♏rs are included. We will renew with Johann Zarco for Pramac.

“I think this is closing a little bit the gos🌌sip about potential new riders coming into t💜he picture.

"I 💙think we have plenty of competitive riders within Ducati and we need to make the best choice between them.”

Mir's expected destination remains Re📖psol Honda, in place of Pol Esparg🌳aro, who is in turn linked with Tech3 KTM.

Meanwhile, RNF b♚oss Razlan Razali denied overnight rumours that▨ Celestino Vietti will be part of next year’s satellite Aprilia line-up.