Gigi Dall’Igna’s big decision about who will ride the 2025 factory Ducati 𝓀was mentioned on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

We were at the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona to see Aleix Espargaro🃏’s retirement speech, his sprint win the⛦n Pecco Bagnaia’s grand prix glory.

The looming storyline revolves around whether Ducati will go with Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin or Enea Bastia🔯nini alongside Bagnaia next year.

“For Ducati, if♏ they don’t go with Martin, justifying that decision is, to me, very hard,” Rob♕ert Jones said.

“I don’t know how they justify that.

“I know the appeal of Marquez. But in terms of age, and what he’s delivering right now, Martin is the guy to go🔯 with.

“He said on several occasions that he can’t do an🐻y more. I reallyܫ believe he can’t.

“If he goes on to win the title this year - which he looks like the favourite to do - what else canཧ he do?

“He’💙s there every weekend, winning nearly every weekend.

“It’s hard to match him especially if Bagnaia has issues in the sprint and Marc has issues in the quali🔯fying.”

Pramac’s Martin leads♉ the MotoGP championship ahead of Bagnaia, Marquez and Bastianini heading into Mugello ไthis weekend.

The upcoming Italian MotoGP was al✃so debated on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

Aleix Espargaro retirement discussed

Our MotoGP editor Peter McLaren was present in Bar✃celona to hear Espargaro’s tearful retire🥂ment.

“Thursday we heard rumours that Aleix would announce something,” P🌳ete🦩r reported on the podcast.

“To do it at his home round was the right place.

“You never know what a rider will be like, after that. Once their minღd-set changes, what will they be like on-track?

“Great🌊 for him. So much has happened at thi🦄s track for him over the years.

“Double win last year, then the sprint… it wasn’🥀t qu🐼ite a fairytale finish.

“He’s got the rest of the season to look forward🤡 to. The Aprilia is a good bike - but one does well, and the other struggles…”