But with the factory keen to keep it under wraps for as🐲 long as possible, it won’t ꩵbe seen until next month’s Sepang tests.

Indeed, double world cham𝓡pion Francesco Bagnaia and factory team-mate Enea Bastiaꦉnini insisted they have so far only heard about it.

“I didn't see it but people inside 🌜the team tell me that it's good, but different,” said Bagnaia.

“My request was t🐼o have [better] handling, draft and downforce! So a bit of everything! But I think they 𝓡did a good job.”

“We haven't seen this solution and I’m really curious also to see ho🌞w the bike is in Malaysia,” said Bastianini.

Bastianini added tha🃏t he wouldn’t be surprised if Ducati’s four factory riders, split between the Lenovo and Pramac teams, again pick a different aero package to start the season.

“[Aero] is a very important part of the bike now and it also depends🔯 on the riding style,” he explained. “Last year me and Pecco chose a different solution compared to Pramac. And that can also probably happen again this year.”

Bagnaia: Wrong to change Ducati rules under new concessions

The biggest technical change for the 2024 season is the launch of a r💞evised concessions packageඣ.

Bottom-of-the-table Honda and Yamaha have been handed a range of perks - such as private testing with race riders, plus in-season engine and aero modifications - while KTM𒈔 and Aprilia have also gained some extra private testing tyres and more wild-cards.

But Ducati, which scored 96%ꦚ of the potential maximum constructors’ poiဣnts, loses out, with reduced private testing tyres and no wild-cards.

“[Yamaha an𓆉d Honda♋] can do tests everywhere. So I think it would be a big step for them,” Bagnaia said.

“It's true that they need it, but from my point of view the 😼concessions for Ducati didn't have to change. For me, Ducati had to stay the same and not reduce the number of test tyres or the wild-cards.

“So I didn't understand it, because the concessions for othജers were huge, if we consider Honda and Yamaha. But I think it's good f🎶or them because they can do more things.”

Bagnaia also highlighted the winter departure of Ducati Vehicle Performance Engineer Max Bartolini to Yamaha as a signific🎐an🔜t loss.

“Yamaha has Mꦜax Bartolini coming to them and for sure [he]ℱ would be a big step in front for them,” he said.

Ducati kicked off MotoGP’s mod𒈔ern aerodynamic era by fitting downforce generating wings to its Desmosedici at the 2015 Qatar test.

The factory remained a step ahead of🥀 its rivals for many seasons but is now being challenged by aerodynamic innovations from the likes o💦f KTM (with assistance from Red Bull Advanced Technologies) and Aprilia (which pioneered the ground effect side fairing and uses ‘S Duct’ technology for its front wing).