Luigi D’Aligna confirmed that all but Francesco Bagnaia were left with a secret ‘professional decision’.

Pedro Acosta is set to team up with Marc Marquez at the factory Ducati team next year, with Francesco Bagnaia expected to replace Bologna with Noale. According to reports, the two-time world champion has signed a four-year contract with the factory Aprilia outfit.

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The reason for the lack of confirmation is the confirmation of confirmation by the groups and manufacturers until an agreement is reached regarding the negotiations on the new Concorde agreement.

However, Ducati general manager Luigi Daligna’s recent comments about the #63 all but confirmed his departure from the team.

The boss of Ducati has confirmed the departure of Francesco Bagnaia

During a sponsor event in Milan, Daliegna gave his thoughts on several past and present MotoGP riders, including Andrea Dovizioso, Jorge Lorenzo, Pedro Acosta and finally Bagnaia.

The 59-year-old began by mentioning the highly regarded Bagnaia highlight in his words about the current factory Ducati rider.

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“It was an incredible moment of joy that drives me to this day and I thank him for that. It was fantastic.”

Dall’Igna has dropped the biggest hint yet that Bagnaia will not compete for the Bullets of Bologna in MotoGP’s new regime next year.

“But then again…in life a manager has to make professional decisions that he doesn’t make on a personal level,” he continued.

“Unfortunately, we are managers: the rider is a human being and must be respected, but there are 200 people working with me and I am responsible for 200 of them.

“So when decisions are made, it should be in the best interest of everyone, and these decisions are not always accepted. I have to think of the good of 200 people instead of individual interests, and sometimes the two things conflict with each other.”

Luigi D’Aligna has described Pedro Acosta as one of Ducati’s ‘most important’ rivals.

Commenting on Acosta, who is widely expected to fill Bagnayan’s vacancy at the factory outfit next year, Dali Igna said the young Spaniard has the potential to look like a champion from an early age.

While the 21-year-old last year did not hint at a possible move to Borgo Panigale, he said: “He is a rival… one of the most important rivals we have now.”

“You see the championships when you’re young, it’s emotional then, and when Pedro was in Moto3, he’s a guy who made a lot of people happy. And even now, I have to say, he’s doing fantastic things.”

Interestingly, Acosta himself hinted A future trip to Ducati Recently mentioned a possible future partnership with Marc Marquez.

The current KTM star has previously said it would be a ‘dream come true’ to share a garage with the seven-time world champion.