Ducati’s stanc🏅e on this year’s MotoGP title battle - involving Jor✅ge Martin and Marc Marquez - was debated on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

The dominant manufacturer in the p♛re꧟mier class caused a sensation this week by picking Marquez for their 2025 factory team.

It had seemed, days earlier, that Martin was set to be appointed until Marquez rejected Ducati’s idea of riding💫 fo𓂃r Pramac.

MotoGP returns in two weeks at Assen wit🧔h🌟 the futures of its biggest stars finally settled.

But Ducati will now face questions about how their deal with four of their riders in the current championship battle, knowing Martin and Enea Bastianini w♓ill leave at the end of the year.

Podcast host Jordan Mor𝓰eland asked: “Does this change the dynamic for Ducati not ꦫgiving [Martin] support?

“Does it change the relationship with Marquez?

“Now, he’s probably pressing Ducati to say ‘I want upgradꦯes on this ‘23 to make it the latest sp🌜ec’.”

Peter McLaren reported: “All of those questions now c𒀰ome into the mix.

“If Martin has a bad weekend, or if he’s struggling, people will be saying ‘is he getting all the help that maybe he should be getting? Given that, if he wins, 🦋he takes the #1 to a rival Italian factory’.

“Let’s not forget that. I🌌t’s not just another factory. It’s another Italian factory!

“At the same time you’ve got Marquez saying ‘come on guys, help me out, support me, I am your factory rider next year, if I win or Pecco wins it stays within Ducati next yea♍r’.

“All o♋f those things… it will be a really tough balancing act for Ducati to make sure everybody is treated as well as they can be.”

Pramac’s Martin is leading the Mo𝐆toGP ജstandings after seven rounds.

He ꦕis 18 p❀oints ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, the factory Ducati rider and reigning champion.

Martin i𝔍s 35 points clear of third-p🌠laced Gresini rider Marquez.

Fourth-placed Enea Bastianini is 54 poi♚nts off t🎀he top.