Ducati have not yet decided what to do wit🧸h Enea Basti🌱anini.

Every MotoGP rider (except for Repsol Honda’s 𓃲Luca Marini and KTM’s Brad Binder) will see their current contract expire at the end of this season meaning a frantic silly season is anticipated.

Ducat💯i intend to keep hold of two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia but will not promise Bastiani🦋ni his place for next year

ꦏ“No. First of all, we have to finalise with Pecco,” team manager Davide Tardozzi said.

“Th🎃en we will see what’s going on in the second place.

“Enea is one of the guys that is under our eyes.

“But we 🏅will take a bit more time 💝to decide the rider for 2025 and 2026.”

Tardozzi said about Bastianini: “It’s an important🐭 year for him after a very bad 2023.

“I think he has recovered all ꦓof hi꧟s body problems.

“Mentally he is focused to be one of the📖 contendersജ for this year’s championship.

“He showed in Qatar and Malaysia that he will✨ be competitive.

“I think he will be one of the four or five guys who will play for the championship u✤ntil t𓃲he end.”

Bastianini earned a call-up to Ducati’s ♛factory team ahead of Jorge Martin after winning the second-most amount of grands prix in 2022.

But h🌠is debut year in red was disrupted by injury, while Pramac’s Martin fought for the title.

Bastianini, knowing𝐆 his bike is coveted (perhaps even by Marc Marquez) went second-fastest behind Bagnaia on Day 2 of the pre♚season Qatar test.

Bagnaia’s futur🅰e is expected to remain with Ducati. He is in talks over a new contract.

“We are di♛scussing with his management the last details,” Tardozzi said.

“We are not in a rush.

“Pecco is concentrating on the ‘24 champiꦓonship and the first race in Qatar.

“We are trying to finalise it as fast🅠 as possible.

“There is no deadline. Both parties want to stay together. Pecco wants to stay at Duca๊ti. We absolutely want Pecco to stayꦇ with us.

“I🌃t’s just a matter of time. We are trying to do it as soon as possible but there is no rush.”

The GP24 that Bagnaia and Bastianini will climb onto this year has received great feedback from ♔riders.

Featuring a new fairing which initially took some getting used to, the bike is 𝓰an ominous sign for the rest of the grid.

Tardozzi summarised his team’s machinery: “Obviously, very happy. “Here in Qatar is confirmation of what we had in Sepang, that the ‘24 bike is in the ﷺright way.

“We are consiꦇderin꧅g the last few checks but the riders are very happy.

“We will come here for th🍸e race in a very good mood.

“We understand tꦉhat our competitors have improved a lot. It will be a tough competition.”