Gigi Dall’Igna has admitted that KTM’s start system forced Duca✱ti into a major reaction last year.

Jack Miller and Brad Binder enjoyed a huge step forward from last suꦫmmer thanks to KTM’s ▨new starting system.

It was a development which ca⛦me too late to threaten the all-Ducati MotoGP championship fight, but it caught Dall’Igna’s attention.

The engineer extraordinaire told he was surprised by it: “Probably yes, so much so that 🌟we started to think about a system to 💯improve our starts.

“At that time, the KTMs started b🧸etter than us, but we reacted to eliminate that disadvantage.”

KTM emerged as a viable threat to Ducati last season and are heavily tipped to maintain that status as the neare🤡st competition when the ꦚ2024 MotoGP campaign begins.

The new concessions rules which hold back Ducati the most, and Dall’Igna has already voiced his annoyance that KTM and Aprilia 🌞will be🤪nefit.

But Ducati are still expected to have the best bike, and their GP24 first took to the track at the postseason Valencia test - bꦐut Dall’Igna warns that the factory duo and Pramac pair’s machine will still improve.

“T🅘hat one w🍎as at the beginning of its development,” he said.

“The⭕re will be modificati🌸ons that we will soon see.”

The numerical superiority of the๊ Ducatis, plus the benefit of the Desmosedici, means the Italian manufacturer are the team to beat.

But Dall’Igna is wary of the competition in a year where Honda and Yamaha are determined to bounce back from their terrible showings last seaso𓆉n.

“All the brands will try t𓆉o correct what happened last year,” he sa💫id.

Asked which manufacturer would challenge Duca🐽ti the most, he said: “I expect them to step up in 2024. I can't give a name at this stage.

“But surely, between the concessions and the level that some of them showed in the fina🍸l stretch of 2023, we wilꩲl have it more complicated.”