The MotoGP champion is currently in the form of his li🌺fe 📖after completing his third double of the season at the Red Bull Ring.

One of the reasons for Bagnaia’s success has been his consistency which is something he, but also other riders could suffer from if a rider substitution rule w💟as implemented.

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Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta floated the idea due to KTM’s current situ🅺ation which has seen them fail to have a fifth bike accepted onto the grid for 2024.

KTM have five riders signed to MotoGP deals wi🐠th only four bikes at their disposal, which is why talk of having a reserve rider could become more prevalent in recent days.

But Bagnaia is very much against the idea, saying: "I don’t know if I can agree! If I’m a rider and I race, t꧑hen one race later, I have to wait? It’s a feeling of being unemployed. I don’t like it. It’s better to wait in Moto2."

Bagnܫaiaﷺ was then joined by fellow Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi in seeing it as a bizarre idea.

"It’s a𒅌 strange situation because Pedro [Acosta] is a big, big talent who wants to step into 💦MotoGP," added the Italian. 

"Every rider is g♍oing fas꧃t and, in KTM, there are many good riders so it’s a tough situation."

The rider with the longest dea💛l of anyone on the MotoGP grid is Brad Binder, who would therefore be the leastജ likely to suffer from a reserve rider scheme.

Binder is signed𒁏 until the end of 2026 and is currently the only rider signed beyond the 2024 campaign.

Providing a light-hearted answer, Binder said: "I’ll 🐈be here ♔a while! So if they change the format to football-style, I’ll be here for a while."