Why Martin is a double-edged sword for Aprilia in MotoGP 2025
Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that’s when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that […]
The curse of number one in MotoGP
Aprilia revealed its 2025-spec MotoGP bike on Thursday, but its launch event in Milan was also significant because of an important announcement from new star signing Jorge Martin. The Spaniard had previously been secretive about the number he was going to race with this season after beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia to the 2024 title, having […]
Martin thinks next MotoGP title chance could come in 2026
New Aprilia MotoGP signing Jorge Martin believes he could possibly have a chance to fight for the championship again in 2026. The reigning champion has switched to Aprilia’s factory team on a two-year contract after being snubbed of a chance to move up to the factory Ducati team in favour of six-time champion Marc Marquez. […]
Emulating Rossi’s 2004 win on Aprilia debut
In 2024, Jorge Martin became the first rider in the MotoGP era to win the title with a satellite team, beating the same-spec factory Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia. It was a feat not seen in the premier class since Valentino Rossi won the 500cc title with the Honda Europe-managed Nastro Azzurro team in 2001 and […]
New Aprilia MotoGP bike its «biggest» leap in recent years
MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin believes Aprilia has made the «biggest» leap in recent years with its 2025 prototype. Martin is joining Aprilia next year after clinching his first title with a Pramac Ducati, the Spaniard having been snubbed for a promotion to the factory team in favour of Marc Marquez. Madrid native Martin got […]
Ranking the top 10 riders of MotoGP 2024
The 2024 MotoGP season saw a thrilling title battle between eventual victor Jorge Martin and defending champion Francesco Bagnaia go down to the wire. Although the season was dominated by Ducati — Maverick Vinales taking the sole grand prix win for a rival manufacturer on his Aprilia — there was no shortfall of action. Ahead of […]
Ducati “now regretting» not signing me for 2025 MotoGP seat
Jorge Martin believes Ducati must be regretting passing him over for a factory MotoGP seat after his triumph over Francesco Bagnaia in the 2024 title battle. Martin was denied a promotion to Ducati’s official team for 2025 after four years at its satellite Pramac squad, with the Borgo Panigale marque instead opting for the star power of six-time premier […]
How Martin masterminded his MotoGP triumph against Bagnaia
Another season, another duel between Jorge Martin and Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia. But this time it was a year-long fight; a gruelling contest of 40 battles. In essence, this production set up as a repeat of 2023. Independent Pramac Ducati tries to topple mighty factory Ducati; a private wrangle set against the Italian marque’s choking dominance […]
Bagnaia is one of the best in history, I don’t know where that puts me
In many cases, when a MotoGP rider is able win a championship for the first time, his life changes more on the outside, in what is seen, than in what he feels or what goes through his head. That does not apply to Jorge Martin if we take into account what the Spaniard says in […]