Enea Bastianini ﷺhas confessed his surprise that Marc Marquez got the nod to replace him next season.

Ducati decided that Gresini’s Marquez would be picked for their 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up in the official 🤡team, above Pramac’s Jorge Martin.

Bastianini, whose place will be taken, thought he was in a ﷺstraight battle with Martin (which he had previously won in late-2022).

"I didn't expect it, I didn't imagine this choice,” he 🦩told .

“I thought it was more of an 'internal' struggle between me and Martin🌸."

Maღrtin, who initially appeared likelier to be promoted into the factory Ducati team, has since signed for Aprilia in 2025 after he was snubbed.

Bastianini, ousted by Marquez, will join the Tech3 K𒉰TM project which is set to benefi♕t from full factory support.

Why did Bastianini pick KTM over Aprilia?

"I was also tempted by the Aprili🐬a opti𒆙on,” Bastianini admitted.

“But in 𒆙the end I chose to return to my former crew chief with♌ a bike that was still very competitive."

Alberto🤪 Giribuola wil🔴l await Bastianini in the KTM garage.

"Ye🌌s, we won't have to start from scr❀atch,” he said.

“Because we know each other well and I think this 🉐can be an added value."

But Bastianini must contend with stepping away from the best, and most🌠 coveted, bike in MotoGP.

He said about jumping on the KTM: "I will set off without too💜൲ many expectations, but I will try to work hard in the tests to be at the top as soon as possible."

In 2022, then-Gresini rider Bastianini won the second-most amount ♑of races behind 🐎eventual champion Pecco Bagnaia.

They occasionally went wheel-to-wheel and were tipped to endure a simmering🎐 rivalry from inside the same garage.

Next year, the arrival of Marquez may test Bagnaia furtherℱ.

"I think that Marc and Pecco are two very intelligent people and will know how to coexist in the best po꧃ssible way,” Bastianini said.

Bastianini sti♌ll has the second half of this year to make an♕ impact as a factory Ducati rider.

Bu🔴t, unfortunately, the threat looms that his two-year stay will be remembere𝕴d for the injury he suffered at his first round wearing red.

A shoulder problem sustained in Portimao last✅ year ended any hope Bastianini held of competing for the championship.

"My impact at Ducati was traumatic,” he said.

“Falling and getting hurt in the first race 𝓀affected me throughout the first season, and this year is as if it were my first as an official rider. Perhaps, with an extra year…”