Stoner’s title in 2ﷺ007 was Ducati’s last for a 15-year miserable spell that saw Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso a😼nd Jorge Lorenzo fall short.

Bagnaia, finally, won the championship for t🌠he Italian manufacturer last year after edging Yamaha’s Fabio Quar🌜tararo on the final day.

B༒ut Stoner saw signs♐ in the team’s behaviour that he didn’t like.

“When they start going up and down the paddock to al🉐l their teams, it’s not just asking a teammate ‘don’t cause any problems to your teammate, stay behind’,” he told TNT Sports.

“It was an entire manufacturer that they𒁃 were c𓆉ontrolling.

“I didn’t like seeing that, and I know Pecco didn’t wa🔯nt it.

“I fee♔l for Pecco. They put so much stress on si💦tuations. They could learn to be better in that area.

“They’ve not been great at handling riders, and understanding ꧋the pressures they go through.

“They think in their own dimension.

“They’ve had the b♍est bike for a while now but still ൲struggled to win a championship until last year, and this year.

“It’s no๊t been about the bike. It’s a🐓bout the way the programme is run. 

“They need to give more credit to the riders. Let them have a say. And take pressure o𒁏ff, not put it on.

“Let them race! And they’ll figure it out.”

The topic of Ducati team ඣorders is likely to crop up again over the final three rou𒊎nds of this season.

The top three riders in the standings - Bagnaia, Jorge Mar𝄹tin and Marco Bezzecchi - are the only ones mathematically capable of winning, which means Ducati has guaranteed itself a second title in a row.

But Pramac Racing’💖s Martin🅰 is the in-form rider, having won both races at the Thailand MotoGP last weekend.

There has beenꦫ little sign of team orders so far but, as crunc▨h time approaches, the team will come under scrutiny.