Can Ducati maintain harmony in the Bagnaia-Marquez pits?

Francesco Bagnaia has raced alongsid🦋e Jack Miller and Enea Bastianini since joining the premier-class in 2019.

Both were proven grand prix winners, but being paired with Marquez -♉ who has seen off the challenge of team-mates such as Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Pol Espargaro and Joan Mir - is a different prospect.

“From the point of view of the development of the bikeౠ, I'm absolutely not worried,” Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna .

“We ജhave our ph🐬ilosophy, which involves following more than one rider…

“What worries me instead is the sports management. The climate in♏side the Ducati garage is wonderful and our goal is to continue t🅰o have it next year.”

What does Martin’s departure mean for his 2024 title chances?

"This is a sport and therefore first of all we must be sporting,” said Dall’Igna on the question of whether Martin’s defection to Aprilia will♏ change Duc♐ati’s support for his current title challenge.

“It will be the same with Martin from here to the end year. He will not lack any of our support, both technical and human,” Dall’I♍gna assured.

Nevertheless, it certa🥀inly won’t help Martin’s chance of making history as the first ever satellite MotoGP-era champion, even൲ if only placing an element of doubt in the back of his mind.

Will Pramac go to Yamaha, who rides the GP25s?

By going ‘all in’ on Marquez at the fact😼ory team, Ducati has lost both current official rider Enea Bastianini (five MotoGP wins) and title leader Martin.

The Pramac team’s future with Ducati also remains unclear, with Martin departing and propos𝕴ed superstar replacement Marquez publicly turning them down.

Could that double blow prompt Pramac - the only satellite 𒀰team with factory-spec Desmosedicis - to reconsider Yamaha’s satellite offer?

Dall’Igna admits “the risk is real” of losing Pramac, somet🐻hing that would be “both a personalꦆ and sporting disappointment.”

One of the best ways to help retain Pramac would be for Ducati to secure a high-profile replacement, along🐷side rookie Fermin Aldeguer (signed but with no confirmed team) for next season.

Maꦰrt𝄹in’s current team-mate Franco Morbidelli is among several race winners still on the market, not to mention a former MotoGP champion in the form of Joan Mir.

But in terms of 2024 results, Mav👍erick Vinales stands out as the only non-Ducati rider to have won a grand prix this year. The Spaniard has highlighted that performance alone will dictate his future teﷺam decision.

There is nಞo doubt that the RS-GP is performing well and Vinales is touted as Aprilia’s new captain after the retirement of Aleix Espargaro, but the points table shows Pramac leading the wor🍸ld championship…

Podium dash for final KTM seat?

Although it’s not official, Bagnaia’s currenꦰt team-mate Enea Bastianini looks set to start a new chapter in his career with a switch to KTM via the Tech3 team.

With the Austrian 🌊factory having announced Pedro Acosta as moving to the factory Red Bull team next year, where Brad Binder has an ongoing contract, that leaves just one RC16 seat free for 2025.

Binder’s current team-mate Jack Miller appears open to the prospect of switching to Tech3, which also runs factory-spec bikes. However, like Acosta’s current team-mate Augusto Fernandez, it seems he needs a headဣline result.

Miller was last on the MotoGP rostrum at Jerez 2023, with Fernandez a career best fourth pl🌟ace at the following French round. The pai🌳r are currently just 16th (Miller) and 17th (Fernandez) in the world championship.

Bastianini has taken three൩ podiums so far𒊎 this year.