Jorge Martin will be satisfied with little in 2025 with Aprilia

Before winning the world championship MotoGP For the first time, Jorge Martín took a risky bet. In 2025, the Spaniard became an Aprilia rider. Swapping the most competitive bike on the grid, for the one that only won one race last year, the Aprilia RS-GP.

A decision that the Spaniard, however, made when he was in a deadlock. In June, he learned that Marc Marquez would have the second official Ducati handlebar, and already knew that Pramac, his former team, was preparing to divorce Borgo Panigale, to join Aprilia.

In order not to join a manufacturer in great difficulty, he was able to count on the support of his great friend, Aleix Espargaró, to guide him towards the Aprilia factory team. A situation that allowed him, among other things, to realize his dream of becoming an official rider.

The challenge he is about to take on motivates him fully, although victories will be rarer. Ducati's squad will be reduced to six machines during this campaign, but the Desmosedici GP25 is still expected to dominate the season.

"If I had continued with a Ducati, the goal would have been the same, to give the best of myself, Jorge Martin confides in the spanish podcast I have a plan. But obviously I'm racing for the win, because I'm ready for it. Now I don't know how the new bike is going."

Jorge Martin pessimistic for 2025?

The reigning world champion had the opportunity to discover the Aprilia during the pre-season tests organized in Barcelona, ​​the day after the 2024 final. However, he will not know its true potential until the beginning of February. Date on which the pre-season tests organized in Sepang will begin.

"The challenge is huge, because I'm taking a bike that was eighth or ninth, instead of a bike that was first, second, third or fourth, which is the Ducati, continues the Iberian. If I start with fifth positions, and I end up winning races, I will be very proud. Or by doing second places. The important thing is to move forward."

Despite everything, Jorge Martín knows that the task will not be easy, and is already showing a certain realism on the sidelines of the season that is about to begin.

"My goal is not at all to win the world championship this year. Maybe in 2026 I can already think more about it, about trying to fight for the championship. But right now it's about seeing how I'm going to manage to give the best of myself." concludes Jorge Martin.

In the meantime, Jorge Martin and his new teammate, Marco Bezzecchi, will make their first official appearance with the Noale factory on January 16, during the team presentation for the 2025 season.

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