The latest generation of MotoGP wings first appe𝓡ared on Ducati’s Desmosedici during 2015 pre-season testing in Qatar, swiftly growing in size and complexity until being clipped by stricter regulations from 2019.

Just as Ducati’s rivals were catching up with aerodynamics, the factory introduced a new technical gizmo that lowered the rear of the bike to help prevent wheelies at 𒅌the start of a race.

By 🍌late 2019 Ducati’s single-use ‘holeshot’ system had been expanded into a repeatable ‘ride-height’ device. The benefits are not only improved acceleration out of slow corners but also reduced drag along the straight and better braking, after𒈔 which the suspension returns to its normal position.

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Ducati then kept its rivals under technical pressure by turning the front hoꦿleshot device into a repeatable ride-height system for 2022.

But results were less clear cut and its long-term future was killed off by a ban on front ride-height systems for 2023 - but r🌟ear right height, plus front and rear holeshot devices, will still remain legal.

Six-time ﷽MotoGP champion Marquez, who joined the premier class in 2013, feels the new technology is reducing the significance of the ri♍der.

“It's easy [to explain], before everything was more manual,” Marquez said. 💧“Before 🍨you only put full torque on the bike in 4th, 5th and 6th gears.

“But now, with the rear device▨, with the aerodynamics, you can already pu𝔍t full torque in 3rd gear or even the last part of 2nd gear in some tracks.

“Before we were playing with the body [position], with the rear brake, [to control the bike]. Everything was more manu𒁃al until 4th or 5th gear.

“Now you are already in 3rd gear 🍨a🅘nd it’s like Moto3, [tucked] inside the bike and this is the limit. Especially on acceleration.

“Then on t🌜he brake point the bikes are very stable with the aerodynamics.

“Everything is closer now in a single lap [but] in a race, as you see, when one rider is catching another 🌌it's so difficult to overtake.”

Marini: Riders can’t do anything in acceleration

While Marquez’s frustration wi♓th the latest MotoGP tech could be seen as influenced by Honda’s winless season, Luca Marini, who has spent two years in the premier class with VR46 Ducati, also feels riders have a diminishing impact.

“F꧒or me, I would like to have [MotoGP] bikes that are more difficult to ride bec🌸ause then riders can make more difference,” said the Italian.

“Also I think in the small categories like in Supersport 300 or Moto3, the biggest problem is that the bikeꦿs are too easy and now MotoGP is going in that direction.

“The bike is very easy for everybody and if🐽 you ask all🧸 the other riders they will say the same thing.

“Because everybody here wants 🉐to be the best rider and, in my opinion, if you want to be the best rider𒁃 you have [to have more opportunity] to make a difference in some way.

“If we can have something mo🌺re difficult, where the rider can make a step, I will be happier.

“Because now, for🌼 example in acceleration, you can't do anything. The exit of the corner is completely the same for every bike, for ev🧔ery rider.

“So you just need to brake hard, entry fast.”

MotoGP technical rules can usually only be changed by unanimou꧒s agreement of the manufacturers' association (M﷽SMA).