Ducati CEO delivers final verdict on Enea Bastianini vs Jorge Martin for factory seat

Jorge Martin’s Pramac contract reportedly included a c🎃lause which would have seen him promoted into the factory team if he won the championship in Valencia.
Martin would have worn red as early as Tuesday’s test, 👍due to the contractual clause.
But, Martin fell short in his title dream which ♌mea﷽ns he is now set to stay put at Pramac in 2024.
Bastianini, as a result, will not lose his place alongside the back-to-baꦚck champion Francesco Bagnaia.
"Bastianini🙈 confirmed? Absolutely, there are no variations,” Ducati CEO Domenicali told after the Valencia MotoGP.
Bastianini was picked above Martin a year a🍬go for a promotion into Ducati’s top team after💜 he won the second-most amount of grands prix in 2022 with Gresini.
But his first season as a factory rider has been ruไined by injury, a spiral which began at the opening round in Portimao.
He did offer a reminder of his talents by win𒉰ning the Malaysian MotoGP and will now have a second-chance to attack a new season on a factory bike.

James was a sports journalist at Sk🎃y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.