Ducati insist rival manufacturers have an advantage with engine freeze rules after they confirmed their big decision for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia.

The factory Ducati riders will use last year’s specification of engine in 2025, after testing the new version and opting against iꦏt.

Marquez and Bagnaia will, therefore, go to battle with a key component of the GP24 - the bike which handily dominated last year’s champion✨ship.

Crucially, they are committed to that decision for two years while some rivals are able to chanꦿge their minds.

MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge explained: “The reason for the freezing is because the new rules come into place. “From 2027 we change to the 850cc eng🧸ine size so there is a lot more development that the manu🅘facturers need to do.

“If they know their engine is frozen for the next two years, they can then put more resources into the 2027 spec♍ification engine.”

A manufacturer’s place in the concessions rankings impacts whether they are able to change their minds about their engꦍღines or not.

Aldridge expla♏ined: “The freezing is decided on the manufacturers’ position in the concessions championship.

“If they are in A, B or C this year, and A, B or C ne🅘xt year, they freeze their engine this year and continue to use those engines next year.

“Ducati, for example, are criteria A. They will freeze the specification that they use this year𒈔.”

Ducati technical director Davide Barana admitted the importance of the engine fr🐈eeze.

“Without the freezing of the engine, we would꧅’ve h🍸ad two projects in parallel,” Barana said.

“This woul🌄d double the cost and it’s not good for the championship.”

Marquez said after testing’s big decision: “The engiܫne was the ꧂main thing because when you homologate, it will be for two years.”

Bagnaia insisted: “It’s the correct choice.”

But not everyone was put on the spot to maᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚke a crunch call like Ducati.

Yamaha’s Max Bartolini said: “For manufacturers that don’t have the concess🀅ion๊s, they must decide ahead of the first race which engine to use.

“Those who h⛄ave concessions don✅’t have to choose. You cannot change any parts of the engine.

“Clearly you need to manage your resources becaus𒊎e they are not unlimited.”

Aldridge explained: “If we take Yamaha and Honda, their concession ranking is D at the mom𝔍ent.

“If, at the end of the 2025 season, they stay in D then they have free development in 2026. So n🐎othing changes for them.

“However, if they move up to A, B or C then they c༒an bring a new engine in for 2026 which wilꦕl be frozen for the whole season.”

Ducati rivals 'advantage' with engine

Yamah💃a’s Bartolini said: “For sure,🅷 it’s an advantage.

“How much of an advantage? Difficultಞ to say. It depends how you can use the concessions.”

Ducati’s Barana claimed: “They have an advan🍸tage because they are free to modify their engines in terms of performance, also the engine to accommodate something in the chassis.”

Yamaha’s Bartolini said: It’s up to us to be welꦐl balanced. You don’t put 100% effort into the project, you look more long distance.”

How are the other manufacturers impacted?

Aldridge explained: “If Aprilia, KTM or Duca🧔ti move down to D, they would have a free engine specification for 2026.

“If 🧸they stay in their positionsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ they follow over their engines from this year.”

So the main engine decision for the upcoming season was undoubtedly with Ducati, who൩ chose not to use their latest specification and instead trust last year’s title-winning engine.

It 🎀is a call that Marquez and Bagnaia backed. Marquez notably impressed in preseason testing with the ‘24 engine o💟n his GP25.

The season-opening Thailand MotoGP iꦛs this weekend.