Ducati insist rival manufacturers have an advantage with engine freeze rules after they confirmed their big decision for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia.

The factory Ducati riders will use last year’s specification of engine in 🌌2025, afteꦿr testing the new version and opting against it.

Marquez and Bagnaia🦩 will, therefore, go to battle with a key component of the GP24 - the bike which handily dominated last year’s championship.

Crucially, they are committed to that dec🔥ision for two years while some riꦗvals are able to change their minds.

MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge explained: “The reason for the freezing is because the new rules come into place. “From 2027 we change to the 850cc engine size so there is a lot more develo🔯pment that the manufacturers need to do.

“If they know their engine is frozen for the next two years, they can then put more ♒resources intoಞ the 2027 specification engine.”

A manufacturer’s place in the concessions rankings impacts whether they are able to change their minds about their engines or ꦏnot.

Aldridge explained: “The freezing is decided on the manꦇufacturers’ position in the concessions championship.

“If they are in A, B or C this year, and A, B or C next year, they fr𓆉eeze their engine this year and continue to use those e🐠ngines next year.

“Ducati, for exa🐲mple, are criteria A. They will freeze the specification that they use this year.”

Ducati technical director Daওvide Barana admitted the 🧔importance of the engine freeze.

“Withou🉐t the freezing of the engine, we would’ve had two projects in parallel,” ಌBarana said.

“Thiಞs would double the cost and it’s not ൲good for the championship.”

Marquez said after testing’s big decision: “The engine was the main thing because w🐼hen you homologat𒅌e, it will be for two years.”

Bagnaia insisted: “It’s the correct choice.”

But not everyo𓄧ne was put on the spot to make a crunch call like Ducati⛦.

Yamaha’s Max 🍨Bartolini said: “For manufacturers that don’t have the concessions, they must decide ahead of the firꦚst race which engine to use.

“Those who have concessions don’t have to choose. You💫 cannot change any parts of the engine.

“Clearly you need to manage your resources because they areඣ not unlimited.”

Aldridge explained: “If we take Yamaha and Honda, their concessiℱon ranking is D at the moment.

“If, at🐷 the end of the 2025 season, they stay in D then they have free development🐟 in 2026. So nothing changes for them.

“H🍸owever, if they 🎐move up to A, B or C then they can bring a new engine in for 2026 which will be frozen for the whole season.”

Ducati rivals 'advantage' with engine

Yamaha’s♋ Bartolini said♑: “For sure, it’s an advantage.

“ꦿHow much of an advantage? Difficult to say. It depends how you can use the con💎cessions.”

Ducati’s Barana claimed: “They have an advantage because they are free to modify their engine🔯s in terms of performance, also the engine to ac♐commodate something in the chassis.”

Y𒈔amaha’s Bartolini said: It’s up to us to be well balanced. You don’t put 100% effort into the project, you look more long distance.”

How are the other manufacturers impacted?

Aldridge explained: “If Aprilia, KTM or Ducati move down to D, they would have a free engine specification for 20😼26.

“If they stay in their positions they fo⛄llow over their engines from this year.”

So the main engine decision for the upcoming season was undoubtedl꧑y with Ducati, who chose not to use their latest specification and instead trust last year’s title-winning engine.

It is a call that Marquez and Bagnaia backed. Marquez notably impressed in preseason testing with💜 the ‘24 engine on his GP25.

The season-opening T✤hailand MotoGP is this weekend.