Ducati are currently preparing to accept MotoGP bids for the first time midway through the 2026 season.
Reinstating the premier class system for the 2024 season will attempt to level the playing field between manufacturers. It aims to improve and limit additional test dates and opportunities for struggling teams. Ducati supremacy.
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In the year In 2025, the Borgo Panigale outfit continued to dominate, winning all three championships and remaining in Tier A, the highest tier in the discount system. Honda has moved up to Level C. Last year, it marked the only change in the discount system for the start of the 2026 season.
MotoGP evaluates the discount system Halfway through the year to make adjustments taking into account the results achieved at the end of 2025 and the beginning of this season. Since its renewal in 2024, Ducati has never been below Class A, but that is about to change for the first time.
Ducati is in the process of being demoted to Level B in the concessions system.
According to the report Motopassion MotoDucati are in ‘serious danger’ of accepting offers, something that has never been seen since the system was restored.
Currently, in Level A, Ducati receive a limited number of test tires, no wild card entries, engine snow and cannot use their full-time riders during private testing. But in the middle of 2026, you can drop to level B for the first time.
To secure Class A status, a team must score 85% or more of the previous year’s Austrian Grand Prix. This is equivalent to a maximum of 777 660.45 points – Ducati currently has 407.
| Level | Percentage of points | Check the tires | Personal test | GP circuit test | Wild cards | Engines x period | Engine list | Aero updates |
| A | >> 85% | 170 | Just test the driver | 3 districts | 0 | From 7 to 8 | shut up | 1 |
| b | >> 65% < 80% | 190 | Just test the driver | 3 districts | 3 | From 7 to 8 | shut up | 1 |
| C | >> 35% < 60% | 220 | Just test the driver | 3 districts | 3 | From 7 to 8 | shut up | 1 |
| D | <35% | 260 | All drivers | Any GP circuit | 6 | From 9 to 10 | free | 2 |
They must score 253 points from the next eight races, or an average of 31.6 points per race, to reach the stage or be relegated to B stage. After a rough start to the 2026 season, they are averaging 23 points per game.
The Desmosedici GP26 is struggling to keep up with the fast-charging Aprilia RS-GP this year, with Marco Bezecci winning all three races so far. Francesco Bagnaia felt that Ducati were no longer the fastest. At the beginning of the season, the manufacturer has a rider from the podium twice this year.
Marc Marquez called Bezecic ‘unstoppable’ Before the April break, Ducati highlighted the work to catch the Aprilia. As it stands, they have been downgraded to Level B, which will allow them to use 20 more test tires and three wild cards in the second half of 2026.
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Luigi D’Aligna refused to use the discount system as an excuse for Ducati’s comeback.
It’s clear that Ducati’s dominance in MotoGP is slowly fading, and they currently have no answer to Aprilia’s moniker.
Luigi Daligna says the consensus system is no excuse. failure of their performance. When MotoGP arrives in Europe this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, they will be looking to bounce back.
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But if Aprilia can stay on top and Ducati fail to achieve top results, then a deal may be on the way. With three wild card entries in Stage B, the team plans to use Nicolo Bulega to test the 2027 850cc bike.
However, Bulega will not be able to use him if he leaves Ducati for another manufacturer in 2027 when he joins Trackhouse for next season.
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