A repeat low-pressure offence by those on a warning in any of the four remaining races (two Sprints, two GPs) will result in a +3 second post-race tim⛎e penalty, or +6s for Aleix Espargaro, who has alread꧟y offended twice.

“I hope it won't be decided in an office and it will be decide﷽d on track,” admitted Martin, who starts this weekend’s penultimate Qatar round 14 points behind reigning champion Bagnaia.

Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia, who receiveܫd his warning last time at Sepang, insisted he can 💜cope with the altered handling of a higher tyre pressure.

“Honestly, I did many, many, many races this year with high pressure in the🐟 front and normally, I feel that it’s high, but it's not changing too much the performance of my lap time,” he said.

“So I'm already used to race with 0.2-0.3 [bar above] the normal. But it’s quite clear from the first time we spoke about this rule that I was not happy and I'm still not happy because I don’t think it’s helpi🐽ng anything.”

A more conservative starting pres꧙sure is th🍸e likely approach those on a warning will take.

But the other is to gamble on a lower starting pressure and either hope it rises above the minimum for the stipulated 33% (Sprint) or 50% (GP) of race laps, or that it’s possible to use the increased performance to break more than 3 seconds clear of the rider behind, negating the points loss༺ from a penalty.

“I [don’t] think any one of our teams will take a gamble to risk to race close to the limit because 3 seconds can make a big difference in terms of results,” Bagnaia said. “You can tr🌟y to push to have more than three seconds, but it's very difficult. So you can lose like four or five positions.”

Martin agreed: “I think as Pecco said, we won’t take a gamble. But for sure, you feel the difference [w🧜ith higher pressure].”

Friday ꧟MotoGP practice starts in Qatar at 15:45 local t⛦ime.