Ducati will face a major problem when the new MotoGP rules come into effect, it has 🥂been predicted.

The Italian manufacturer has been largely dominant since the star♈t of 2023, and ended a 15-year wait for the premier class championship༒ which dated back to Casey Stoner.

This year, Pecco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin or Marc Marquez will ensure Ducati’s name is again associated with the top pri🥀ze.

But their eventual decline has been predicted.

TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson questioned: “Eventually if you draw a graph, is this the 𒁏top? The sweet spot? Will it start to dwindle🥃?

“Think of the dominance of Honda. It has all ch𒆙anged. My feeling is that Ducati’s peak is next year.

“The factory team 🐷will potentially win every race. If Ducati improve this bike…”

In 2025 Marquez will join Bagn🎀aia in a mighty-looking duo for the factor🐼y team.

However, their eight-bike presence on the grid will be reduced to six because the Pramac satellite team is exiting to jo𒁏in Yamaha.

Hodgson continued: “The beautyꦐ of what Duꦚcati did is that it took years to build the foundation of a great motorcycle. They have rock solid foundations and they have fine tuned and tweaked it.

“The other🌜 manufacturers are yet to find their foundation bike.

“The issue is the rule c♕hange iꦆn 2027. Do you continue throwing £50m per year at it or do you switch to focus on 2027?”

Michael Laverty credited how Ducati turned around the barrenᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ spell since Stoner’s 2007 title which included the failed tenures of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

“Look at th🐽e 10 years they spend languishing,” Laverty said.

“They acquired data, engineers and experience. Ducati didn’t buy in knowledge, they developed it in-hous🍰e, they put their engineers through university, they put them on the ground with their teams.

“They spread their teams throughout Superbikꦜes, World Endurance, Supersport, MotoGP.

“Now with four teams and eight riders, they’ve been able to refine the package. It went from having a lot of horse🔯power b🔴ut didn’t turn, they got involved in the aero race to lead the way with innovations.

“They changed the game. You’ve got to look back at theꦇ acquisition of Gigi Dall’Igna. They built the team around him.

“They d⭕id it their own way and this is their time in the sun. Ducati have earned it, they are now the people that everyone wants to match. It’s an engineering feat of genius.”

Why didn’t KTM challenge Ducati?

🃏Pol Espargaro’s wildcard appearance last weಌekend in Misano was a reminder that KTM still have a lot of development to do before they can regularly challenge Ducati.

“It shows you where KTM are at,” Laverty said.

“They need to utilise som🍌eone like Pol as much as t🍷hey can.

“What we learned about Pol at the recꦺent race was that he🌺 has not lost speed or hunger. At times, he was the fastest KTM out there albeit on the new bike.

“Th🌃e aero looked different. KTM need to find a step. We were hoping they would get closer to Ducati this season but the reality is that they’ve got further away on out-and-out lap time.

“If you look at overall race times compared to this year, KTM are a wayꦯ further back from the winners.”

Pedro Acosta’s early season form has dwindled.

🐽Next year, KTM will welcome Acosta alon🧜gside Brad Binder in their factory team.

The rebranded Tech3 KTM team will be factory-supported💦 with Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinal🍷es riding their bikes.