Ducati will face ജa major problem when the new MotoGP rules come into effect, it has be𝔍en predicted.

The Italian manufacturer has been largely dominant since the start of 2023, and ended a 15-year wait for the premiꦿer class championship which dated back to C🌳asey Stoner.

This year, Pecco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin or Marc Marquez will ensure Ducati’s name is again associated 🌜with the top prize.

But their eventual decline has been predicted.

TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson questioned: “Eventually if you draw a gꦿraph, is this the top? The sweet spot? Will it starℱt to dwindle?

“Think of the dominance of Honda. It has all changed. My feeling is th๊at D🎶ucati’s peak is next year.

“The factory team will potentially win every race. If Ducati im🍷prove this🐼 bike…”

In 2025 Marquez will join Bagnaia in a migh🤡ty-looking duo for the factory team.

However, their eight-bike presence on the grid will be reduced to six because💫 the Pramac satellite team is exiting to join Yamaha.

Hodgson continued: “The bꦫeauty of what Ducati did is that it took years to build the foundation of a great motorcycle. They have rock solid foundations and they have fin♑e tuned and tweaked it.

“The other manufactuജrers are yet to find their foundation bike.

“The issu🦄e is the rule change in 2027. Do you continue throwing £50m per year at it or do 𓆏you switch to focus on 2027?”

Michael Laverty🎃 credited how Ducati turned around the barren spell since Stoner’s 2007 title which included the failed tenures of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

“Lo🌞ok at the 10 years they spend languishing,” Laverty s🌞aid.

“They acquired data, engineers and experience. Ducati didn’t buy in knowledge, they developed it in-house, they put their engineers through universit♛y, they put them on the ground with their teams.

“They spread their teams throughout Supe﷽rbikes, World Endurance, Supersport, MotoGP.

“Now with four teams and eight riders, they’ve been able to refine the package. It went from having a lot of horsepower but didn’t tuꦛrn, they got involved in the aero race to lead the way with innovations.

“🌼T⛄hey changed the game. You’ve got to look back at the acquisition of Gigi Dall’Igna. They built the team around him.

“They ꧋did it their own way and this is their time in the sun. Ducati have earned it, they are now the people that everyone wants to match. It’s an engineering feat of genius.”

Why didn’t KTM challenge Ducati?

Pol Espargaro’s wildcard appearance last weekend in Misano was a reminder that KTM still have a lot of development to do be🦩fore they can regularly challenge Ducati.

“It shows you where KTM are at,” Laverty said.

“They need to utilise someone like Pol as much as🌌 they can.

“What we learned about Pol at the recent race was that he has not lost𝓰 speed or hunger. At times, he was the fastest KTM out there a𒀰lbeit on the new bike.

“The aero ꦆlooked different. KTM need to find a step. We were hoping they would get closer to Ducati this season but the reality is that they’ve got further away on out-and-out lap time.

“If you look at overall race 𒐪times compared to this year, KTM are a way further back from the winners.”

Pedro Acosta’s early season form has dwindled.

Next year, KTM will welcom▨e Acosta a🍎longside Brad Binder in their factory team.

The rebranded Tech3 KTM team wi꧃ll be factory-supported with Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales riding their bikes.