The MotoGP champion is currently in the form of his life after completi♓ng his third double of the season at the Red Bull Rꦆing.

One of the reasons for Bagnaia’s success has been his consistency which is something he, but also o☂ther riders could suffer f♛rom if a rider substitution rule was implemented.

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Dorna CEO Carmelo E🐭zpeleta floated the idea due to KTM’s current situation which has seen them fail to have a fifth bike accepted onto the grid for🐈 2024.

KTM have five riders signed to MotoGP deals with only four bikes at their disposal, which is why talk of having a reserve rider could become more꧃ prevalent in recent days.

But Bagnaia is very much against the idea, saying: "I don’t know if I can agree! If I’m a rider and I race, then one race later, I have ๊to wait♏? It’s a feeling of being unemployed. I don’t like it. It’s better to wait in Moto2."

Bagnaia was then jo🔯ined by fellow Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi in seeing it as a bizarre idea.

"It’s a strange situation because Pedro [Acosta] is a big, big talent who wants to s🎃tepไ into MotoGP," added the Italian. 

"Every rider is going fast♏ and, in KTM, there are many good riders so it’s a tough situation."

The💯 rider with the longest deal of anyone on the MotoGP grid is Brad Binder, who would therefore be the least likely to suffer from a res❀erve rider scheme.

Binder is signed until the end of 2026 and is curr𝔍ently the only rider signed beyond the 2024 campaign.

Providing a light-hearted answer, Binder said: "I’ll be here a whi🐻le! So if they change the format to football-style, I’ll be here for a while."