Gigi Dall’Igna says Ducati will only run three factory bikes in 2025.

The departure of satellite team Pramac to Yam💃aha next seasoওn has forced a rethink.

Pramac currently benefit from factory-spe💯c machinery, along with Ducati’s official team, while Gresini and VR46 ride year-ol🐠d bikes.

But Dall’Ignaꦚ said that Ducati, who will have six rather than eight bikes in 2025, will ♛run one less factory bike.

“𒆙The goal is to have three official bikes and three from the previous year,” the Ducati general manager told .

“Because we think it's the right mix both from the point of view of rider growth and from an economic point of vieꦇw.

“This is our goal, we are working on🦹 it and we are not yet ready to announce anything from this point of view.”

His suggestion mean🔴s🌳 that either Gresini or VR46 will have one factory bike.

The dist⛎ribution of that machine will be additionally attractive to riders, with both of their line-ups for 2025 incomplete.

Will Ducati suffer from less data?

With six bikes rather than eig▨ht next year, Ducati will have less data.

But arguably eight bikes also warrants a huge workload for the Italian manufacturer, whereas six♋ could a💮llow them to work with less time pressure.

"Certainly six bikes ဣare enough to continue doing our job at very high levels🧸,” Dall’Igna said.

“I would have 𓄧preferred🌳 eight but we can do with six.

“The problem is that, in fact, we managed to have ꩲa solution with eight bikes without doing anyone a disservice.

“We probably worked better than the others also from an organisational po🦄int of view to manage these eight bikes. I think we will do it well even with six.”

Attention will soon turn to the riders to complet💮e Ducati’s line-up𒈔.

Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez will make up their official team, while Ale🥃x Marquez is confirmed at Gresini.

Marco Bezzecchi has left VR46 for Aprilia.

VR46 have two free seats and Gresini have one.

Dall’Igna wants to k🗹eep one key and in-form Ducati rider, though.

"F🎃abio Di Giannantonio is an excellent rider,” he said.

“He won one race last year, hꦉe could have won two.

“He is having an excellent season and probably, together with Mar🌟quez, he is the rider who best interprets the previous year's bike.

“We aim to keep him in our teams here too.

“It will be complicated because it's not just us. But the relation꧒ship with him is excellent.

“I'm confident that Fermin Aldegue♉r will end up in one ofꦕ our two satellite teams, we're not ready to make any announcements yet but we'll make a decision soon.”