Gigi Dall’Igna has admitted that KTM’s start system forced Ducati into𒆙 a major reaction last year.

Jack Mil🏅ler and Brad Binder enjoyed a huge step forward from last summer thanks to KTM’s new starting system.

It was a development which came too late to threaten the all-Ducati ๊MotoGP championship fight, but it caugh💟t Dall’Igna’s attention.

The engineer extraordinaire told he was surprised by it: “Probably yes, so much so that we started to think about a system to improve 🎃our starts.

“At that time, the KTMs started better than us, but we reacted to eliminate that di📖sadvantage.”

KTM emerged as a viable threat to Ducati last season and are heavily t🦋ipped to m💖aintain that status as the nearest competition when the 2024 MotoGP campaign begins.

The new conces🌸sions rules which hold back Ducati the most, and Dall’Igna☂ has already voiced his annoyance that KTM and Aprilia will benefit.

But Ducati are still expected to have the best bike, and their GP24 first took 🤪to the track at the postseason Valencia test - but Dall’Igna warns that the factory duo and Pramac pair’s machine will still improve.

“That one was at the beginnin꧋g of its development,” he ♐said.

“Th🐲ere will be modifications that we will soon see.”

Th🍸e numerical superiority of the Ducatis, plus the benefit of the Desmosedici, means th🌃e Italian manufacturer are the team to beat.

But Dall’Ig🎐na is wary of the competition in a year where Honda and Yamaha are determined to bounce back from their terrible showings last season.

“All the brands will try to correct what happened last year,” he ♛said.

Asked wh൲ich manufacturer would challenge Ducati the most, he said: “I expect them to step up in 2024. I can't give a name at this stage.

“But surely, between the concessions and the level that some of them showed in the final ꦅstretch of 2023, we ✅will have it more complicated.”