Gigi Dall’Igna has admitted that𒁏 KTM’s start system forced Ducati into a major reaction last year.

Jack Miller and Brad Binder enjoyed a huge step forward from last summer thanks to K✱TM’s new start𓂃ing system.

It was a development which came t🌌oo late to threaten the all-Ducati MotoGP championship fight, but ♛it caught Dall’Igna’s attention.

The engineer extraordinaire told he was surprised by it: “Probably yes, so much so that we started to think about a system to improve ourꦬ starts.

“At that🐓 time, the KTMs started better than us, but we reacted to eliminate that disadvantage.”

KTM emerged as a viable threat to Ducati last season and are heavily tipped to maintain that status asꦐ the nearest competition when t♈he 2024 MotoGP campaign begins.

The new concessions rules which hold back Ducati the most, and Dall’Igna has💛 already voiced his annoyance that KTM and Aprilia will benefit.

But Ducati ar𒀰e still expected to have💎 the best bike, and their GP24 first took to the track at the postseason Valencia test - but Dall’Igna warns that the factory duo and Pramac pair’s machine will still improve.

“That one was at the 🐭beginning of its development,” he said.

“There will be modifications that we w💫ill soon see.”

The numerical superiority of the Ducatis, plus the benefit of the Desmosedici, means the Italian manufacturer are the team to📖 beat💃.

But Dall’Igna is wary of the competition in a year where Honda and Yamaha arಞe determined to bounce back from their terrible showings last season.

“All the brands will try to correct what happened la🔥st year,”✱ he said.

Asked which manufacturer would challenge Ducati the mꦡost, he said: “I expect them to step up in 2024. I can't give a name at this stage.

“But surely, between the conce🦩ssions and the level that some of them showed in the fina♛l stretch of 2023, we will have it more complicated.”