The 2025 factory Du🦹cati seat might be the most coveted in the silly season frenzy which is alr♚eady beginning.

Ducati have signed Francesco Bagnaia to a longer-t🦄erm deal to remove speculation about his future, but his teammate for next season remains a hot topic.

Pramac’s Jorge Martin ꦉinsists he will quit Ducati unless he gets the nod, while Marc Marqueꦗz may be promoted if his Gresini adventure begins well.

But current 💙incumbent Enea Bastianini is re𝄹ady to offer a reminder of his talents.

His 🗹debut season in red was ruined by a serious shoulder injury at the opening round a year ago.

An anticipated title challenge was never possible but Bastianini d🌜id rebound to win the Malaysian MotoGP at the end of 2023.

Ahead of this weekend’s Qatar MotoGP, the season-opening round, Bastianini﷽ said: "Finally, we're back on track for the first race of the season, and I'm thrilled to start in Qatar, where I secured my first MotoGP victory in 2022.

“In the last pre-season tests at Lusail♒, we were fast and competitive, so the conditions are favourable for a strong performance.

“However, the race weekend conditions will differ from t🦂esting, so we need to stay grounded.

“We'll work 𒈔hard from the first round to kick off this 2024 season on the 🧔right note."

Bastianini🦂, in 2022, won the🐬 second-most amount of races behind Bagnaia, while a Gresini Ducati rider.

After a year to forget he is determined to return to the t🌄itle fight and clarify his 2025 fu✱ture.

His pace in Qatar is already hinted at. He was second-faste𝔍st on Day 2 of the preseason test behind Bagnaia. And third-fastest on Day 3, bettered only by Bagnaia and Jorge Mꦡartin.

Teammate Bagnaia, champion in each of the past two seasons, said: "I'm excited ไto start my fourth season with the Ducati Lenovo Team! “We're kicking off in Qatar on a track that I like and where we've had some good results in the past.

“During teᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsti🍸ng, we were competitive both in race pace and time attack.

“I managed ✃to set a gre෴at time, but the conditions were also right.

“๊The race will be different: I expect many fast riders, and the competition will be intense.

“Nevertheless🌜, we're prepared, and I can't wait to hit the track on Friday afternoon."