The mastermind responsible for Ducati💦’s dominant Desmosedici will remain at the Italian man🌞ufacturer this year.

Albe👍rto Puig, Honda team manager, has been questioned for the first time about the Japanese brand’s wish to lure Dall’Igna.

Asked if🌳 it’s true that Honda wanted Dall’Igna, Puig told : “Different option♔s were explored, but not only this one.”

Dall’Igna previously told his side of the story to : “I worked so ha🥀rd to get to a situation where Ducati i🤡s considered a model, leaving now wouldn't have been logical. 

“Then, it's true that I did what I had to do here. It co🍎uld have been a challenge won and archived. 

“And Honda is an equally interesting and important ಞchallenge."

So, will Honda leave a💎ll major technical decisions in the hands of their Japan-based staff?

“It has not been decided,” Puig insisted. 

“Options are still being considered and w🎃🎐e are open to different ones. 

“Not only individuals, but als♋o technical consultancies, open to see where we can getও the best ideas.”

Honda’s pursuit of Dall’Igna was essentially an attempt to prove their seriousness about returning to the top of MotoGP to Marc Marquez, their want🅷away rider who eventually quit to go to Gresini Ducati.

But Honda have st🦋ill made major decisions, such the exit of Shini💦chi Kokubu as technical director.

They hope to profi☂t for the new concessions rules this season, having brought in Luca Marini♑ to replace Marquez alongside Joan Mir.

Puig was asked if another drab year is🐭 sustainable for a powerhouse like Honda, ൲and he said: “If you look at history, all companies have periods [like this]. 

“Honda also had some downs.

“Or periods when you couldn't do anything if you didn't have a Honda engine.&nb💧sp;

“Nothing is linear, ascending, exponential,🐼 in the world of competitio🔴n. 

“When Ducati started, they didn't ꧑do anything. They spent a f🌼ew years doing nothing. And they had concessions. 

“It's not about whether you can endure it or not.

“It is not good not to achieve results, bu🌸t what is worse is not ꧟to remedy it. And we are trying to remedy it. 

“That it has not been achieved, correct, but what would be worse is to do nothing and we are doing thin෴gs, trying to restructure things, looking for things. 

“We are not asleep. As of today, has it been achieved? Nꦕot yet.”