Ducati’s big 2025 factory MotoGP rider decision eventually fell in favour of the ‘unquestionable talent’ of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez who has adapted ‘pཧerfectly to our Desmosedici GP’.

But it came at a price.

Ducatꦐi will be bidding farewell to both world championship leader Jorge Martin and five-time race winner Enea Bastianini, as well as potentially losing the Pramac team to Yamaha.

While it was unlikely Ducati could have kept Martin, Marqueꦫz and Bastianini, they were thought to have a decent chance of retaining two of them by placing Martin alongside reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia while promoting Marquez to a factory bike.

That seemed to be Ducati’s intentions when news leaked on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix that Martin would get the official ride and Marquez would move from Gresini to take over Martin’s factoryℱ bike a🌠t Pramac.

But the idea, apparently to Ducati’s surpr🍰ise, was promptly shot down in flames by Marquez, who said switching to Pramac was ‘not an option’.

The eight-time world champion did seem to leave the door open to remaining at Gresini if given a factory-spec bike, but also w🤪arned of an unidentified ‘third option’ with a rival factory.

Exactly what happened over tဣhe Mugello weekend remains unclear but, after appearing pencilled in as Bagnaia’s 2025 team-mate on Thursday, Martin instead signed for A🍌prilia on Monday.

Marquez’s deal to join Bagnaia was officially confir🐟med this (Wednesday) morning, with Bastianini thought to have already agreed terms for a Tech3 KTM seat.

"First of all, I want to thank both Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martín for all their work with us over the last few years, and I wish them all the best for theౠ future,” said Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna.

“This season, they have shown they have reached an incredibl💧e level, and we are sure they will be in the 𒆙title fight until the end.

“Deciding on Bagnaia's new teammate in the Ducati Lenovo Team was not easy, as we had a list of very strong rider😼s꧂ to choose from.

“In the end, our choice fell on an unquestionable talent like Marc🐎 Márquez.

“In just a f🐼ew races, he has managed to adapt ꦡperfectly to our Desmosedici GP, and his innate ambition pushes him to grow continuously.

“In the box,ౠ we will have two riders who together hold 11 World Titles, and being able to count on their experience and maturity will be invaluable for our growth as well.”

Ducati now has a ti🐼ghtrope to walk in supporting the three leading riders in the title battle.

If Martin, 18 points clear of Bagnaia, makes history as the first satellite MotoGP-era champion he would also now take the #1 plate across to Aprilia next yearౠ.

Meanwhile, Marquez,🧔 35 behind Martin, is also threatening to steal title glory from Bagnaia, but would at least keep thꦫe title within Ducati and arrive at the official team as the reigning champion.

Dall’Igna had pr🎀eviously hinted at Marquez getting the 2025 seat by s꧙aying Ducati would take into account the 'histories' of the riders when making its factory team decision.

But 💦Perhaps Pramac has lost out the most, with Martin departing and potential superstar replacement Marquez publicly turning them down.

Pramac does hold a joker card in the form of an option to renew their factory-spec Ducati deal, and there are plenty of proven race winneജrs - such as Joan Mir, Maverick Vinales,꧃ Alex Rins and Miguel Oliveira - still unsigned.

But th🦋e past week has probably given Yamaha renewed hope that they can tempt Pramac to become their satellite team for 2025.