Ducati’s stance on this year’s MotoGP title🀅 battle - involving Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez - was debated on the Crash MotoGP☂ podcast.

The dominant manufacturer in the premier class caused a sensatiꦑon this week by picking Marquez for their 2025 factory team.

It had seemed, days earlier, that Martin was set to be appointed until Marquez rejected Ducati’s idea of♒ riding for Pram🐼ac.

MotoGP returns in two weeks at Assen with the futures of its biggest stars finally 𓆏settled.

But Ducati will now face questions about how their deal with four of their riders in the current championship battle, knowing Martin and Enea Bastianini will l𒈔eave at the end of the year.

Podcast host Jordan Moreland asked: “Does this change the dynamic for Ducati n🍨ot𝔍 giving [Martin] support?

“Does it change the relationship with Marquez?

“Now, he’s probably pressing Ducati to say ‘I want upgrades on this ‘23 to mak🐭e it the latest spec’.”

Peter McLaren reportedඣ: “All of those questions now come into the mix.

“If Martin has a bad weekend, or if he’s struggling, people will be saying ‘is he getting all the help that maybe he should be getting? Given that, if ꦓhe wins, he takes the #1 to a rival Italian factory’.

“Le🔯t’s not forgetᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ that. It’s not just another factory. It’s another Italian factory!

“At the same time you’ve go🧜t Marquez saying ‘come on guys, help me out, sup♛port me, I am your factory rider next year, if I win or Pecco wins it stays within Ducati next year’.

“All of those things… it will be a really tough balancing act for Ducati to m♐ake sure everybody is treated as well as they can be.”

Pramac’sﷺ Martin isꦡ leading the MotoGP standings after seven rounds.

He is 18 points ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, the factꦬory ꦓDucati rider and reigning champion.

Ma🐲rtin is 35 points clear of third-placed Gresini rider Marquez.

Fourth-placed Enea Bastian🍬ini is 54 points off the top.