With four rounds left, beginni🎃ng at this weekend’s Thailand MotoGP, Bagnaia leads Martin by 27 𒐪points at the top of the standings.

Martin led for 24 hours in Indonesia before falling out of the❀ grand prix, a reminder of how quickly things can change.

“It’s a little bit l𝓡i🐠ke last year, as well,” Casey Stoner, the two-time MotoGP champion and Ducati’s last winner 15 years before Bagnaia, said. 

“Nobody seems to want to take the champio🎐nsꦛhip fight. 

“Nobo𝔉dy has run away with it. We saw Pecco have a run of form, hit it early in the season. Recently Jorge has been ru♚nning a fantastic pace.”

Troy Bayliss, three-time Superbike champion and a Ducati legend, said: “Martin🐼 seems like he’s got more forward momentum than Pecco. 

“I guess Ducati have to look at themselves, and realise that they’ve given the satellite teams such good bikes that they’v﷽e given themselves a problem!”

Mickꦛ Doohan, who famously wo🍸n five 500cc titles in a row, added: “Martin is on fire at the moment. He’s growing in confidence. 

“He’s on a similar bike to Bagnaia, the same bike but a different colour🍌. He made a small mistake ﷽in Indonesia.”

Martin crashed oꦐut, losing the championship lead which he earned by winning the sprint race a day earlier.

“I saw the crash,” Stoner said. “It wasn’t even a m🐟istake. 

“It was a little unlucky. He got dirt on the 🦂tyres. It could happen to anyone.&꧑nbsp;

“🍒The championship could look very different right now. But Pecco picked up the pieces an🐎d put himself back on top. 

“You really can’t predict it, especially this far out. Not many people know what it’s like to lead a championship right down to 🐓the end, in the top category. It will be interesting t🧸o see who deals with it.”

Doohan added: “Martin, mentally I think he has the edge. Ba💖gnaia doesn’t want to give away the championship that he won only last year.”

Bayliss said: “These situations are v🎃ery stressful for everyone con༒cerned, the teams and riders.

“But, on the other side, that’s what the crowd want to see. They want to see the races come d🔯own to a really close fight.”

St♍oner noted a third possible contender, 73 points off th🍷e top: “Marco Bezzecchi could really find his form. He’s not too far in the distance, if something changes with the front guys.”