Gigi Dall’Igna says he expects to see the initial 2027 Ducati MotoGP prototype on track “ওnext year”.

For the 2027 season, MotoGP bikes will undergo their most radical formula change since the introduction of the 1♓000cc engines in 2012.

MotoGP will switch to an 850cc four-stroke formula, with aero💧dynamics stripped back and ride height devices tot📖ally outlawed.

While all manufacturers are keeping their 2027 development plans close to their chest, Ducati’s gener꧋al manager has offere🎐d a glimpse as to when he expects the first of the marque’s prototypes to run on track.

“We 🔴are working on it,” Dall’Igna said prior ⛄to the Barcelona test about the 2027 regulations.

“We have some 🏅new ideas. We are working. It’s difficult now [to know a tiܫmeline]. Now we have only ideas. But I think for sure next year.”

As part of the shift in regulations for 2027, non-concession manufacturers will be bound t🌄o an engine development freeze from the start of the 2025 campaign.

This will put extra emphasis on Ducati’s winter development for𝓡 2025, as it looks to hold onto its dom💧inant position in the championship.

In 2024, Ducati dominated with 19 of 𓆉20 grands prix victories and locked out the top four spots in the riders’ championship.

Asked if the coming freeze on engine development co꧃uld see Ducati’s domination slip ahead of 2027, Dall’Igna said🎉: “I don’t know. The new season is a completely new book.

“So, the manufacturers who are struggling now can make a 🐎jump in front. You never know.

“So, you have to be focused on the p🅷roblems you have to solve and try to develop the bike as mu🍸ch as possible. This is our job and what we will have to do.”

Under the current concession rules, Ducati is the hardest restricted due to its standing𓂃 in the competitive order.

As well as facing an engine development freeze from next year - which KTM𒅌 and Aprilia will also observe - Ducati also won’t be able to field any wildcards and have less tyres to use in testing.