Enea Bastianini committed too early to KTM, iꦕt has been 🧜suggested.

Bastianini became the forgotten man in the battle between Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin for the🉐 2025 factory Ducati s🐬eat.

Current incumbent Bastianini saw the writing on the wall and, shortly afte🧔r Marquez was confirmed, he signed for KTM’s Tech3 team for next season.

“In 🍰reality, we know he wanted to stay but iꦦt was taken away from him,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson said.

“I think he pani﷽cked a little bit. All of the seats were bꦆeing taken up quickly. The Tech3 KTM seat was available and he just jumped ship.

“If he waited, even two or three days, the factory Aprilia riไde would ꧋have been available for him.

“I think they would have cho♎sen Enea in front of Marco Bezzecchi. I would have, if I had the choice of those two riders.

“I think he’ll regret that now.🎃 But, if you don’t make a decision? Someone will end up with no ride!”

KTM have named an exciting new-look duo of Bastianini and Maverick Vinales for Tech3 next season, promising them identical machinery to the factory pai𓄧r of Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta♔.

But KTM’s slip away🅺 from competing with the domiꦅnant Ducatis this season remains a worry.

“At the moment, there is no solution,”ꦅ Sylvain Guintoli said.

“There is restructuring, [technical director] Fabiano Sterlacc🍃hini is on his way out. They have not renewed him.

“For now, it looks like they are struggling. On most tracks, Ducatis and Aprilias make inroads bu🉐t KTM are not making that step.”

Hodgson add𒆙ed: “I spoke to the riders. The problem is that it’s not just one kꦿey area, like braking stability or the electronics.

“It’s a 🧔little bit of everything which makes the p𓄧uzzle even harder to fix.

“They are small details. We 🦩are talking about, maybe, 0.2 or 0.🐼3 of a second. But to find that is huge, it’s not a simple fix.

“But KTM are so serious about winning🐻 at this level so they’ll throw everything at✨ it.

“They’v𝔍e got such a good line-up next year, they’ve got the right riders and they need to produce the right motorcycle for them.”

Even the form of teenage rooki✨e Acosta has disappeared at recent rounds.

After early podiums in Portugal and America, he hasn’t threatened the usual𝔉 frontrunners at the past couple of rou🦩nds.

“Acosta jumped on that bike and, even in win༺ter testing, was able♏ to go super fast,” Guintoli commented.

“He felt comfortable with the front end of the bike. In the first GPs he made a difference, and put pressure on Bin🐭⭕der and Jack Miller.

“Since then, he’s had a ﷽few hic🍬cups and a few crashes.”