Ducati Corse general manꦛager Gigi Dall’Igna's current attent🐎ion might be focused on preparations for the 2022 MotoGP season, but the Italian also has one eye on 2023 and the factory's new role as supplier of the MotoE electric bike class.

Energica has supplied the MotoE machines since the inaugural 2019 MotoE seas�൲�on, but will end its involvement after next year's campaign.

Ducati will then take over, with company CEO Claudio Domenicali pledging: "We want our engineers to become ☂as good as they are at developing internal combuꦐstion engines and I think everyone can say our engine in MotoGP is one of the fastest, if not the fastest.

"For motorcycles the main problem (with electric) is the weight, and so we have a program in order to mak൲e the motorcycle as light as possible. I think that was one of the winning [parts] of our bid for Dorna."

Speaking on the eve of this week's Jerez MotoGP test, Dall’Igna said he is intrigued by🐠 the project and can't wait to get started:

"This is something new for us and 🤡we will have to manage the bikes on the track bec🃏ause Ducati Corse will do this [also].

"I think the electric bike for an engineer 🥃is a nice choice, because you can develop a lot of different strategies, regarding for example how to extract power from the battery or how to put energy in the battery.

"So I think there are a lot of different things th🌺at a technician can enjoy. So I'm honesty really happy to work with a MotoE bike and I would likeꦇ to start immediately."

While not involved in the Moto2 or Moto3 classes, Ducati - which won this year's MotoGP constructors' and teams' titles - will expand its premi﷽er-class program by supporting eight riders in the 2022 season.