Gigi Dall’Ign𒆙a’s big decision about who will ride the 2025 f⛄actory Ducati was mentioned on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

We were at the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona to see Aleix Espargaro’s retirement speech, his spri💦nt win then Pecco Bagnaia’s grand prix๊ glory.

The looming storyline revolves around whether Ducati will go with Ma🌌rc Marquez, Jorge Martin or Enea Bas𓄧tianini alongside Bagnaia next year.

“For Ducati, if they don’t go with Martin, justifying that decision is, 🌱to me, vꩵery hard,” Robert Jones said.

“I don’t know how they justify that.

“I know the appeal of Marquez🌱. But in👍 terms of age, and what he’s delivering right now, Martin is the guy to go with.

“He said on several occasi🦂ons that𓄧 he can’t do any more. I really believe he can’t.

“If he goes on to win the title this y💖ear - which he looks like the favourite to do - what else can he do?

“He’s there every weekend, winning nearly every weeke🌌nd.

“It’s hard to match him especially if Bagnaia🍬 has issues in the♕ sprint and Marc has issues in the qualifying.”

Pramac’s Mar꧋tin leads the ﷺMotoGP championship ahead of Bagnaia, Marquez and Bastianini heading into Mugello this weekend.

The upcoming Italian MotoGP was also debated on the Crash MotoGP podꦓcast.

Aleix Espargaro retirement discussed

Our MotoGP editor Peter McLaren was present in Barcelona to hear Espargaro’💧s t⛦earful retirement.

“Thursda𓄧y we heard🌜 rumours that Aleix would announce something,” Peter reported on the podcast.

“To do it at his home round was the right place.

“You never know what a rider will be like, after that. Once their mind-set chan🥃ges, what will they be like𓆉 on-track?

“Great for him. So much has happened at this track for him o🐟ver the𒅌 years.

“Double win last year, then th🐼e sprint… it wasn’t quite a fairytale finish.

“He’s got the rest of the season to look forward to. The Aprili🦩a is a good bike -ಞ but one does well, and the other struggles…”