The march of Jorge Martin has Aprilia as world champion brought with him a crossroads of declarations between the Noale house and Ducati. And, once confirmed, the Spaniard was not the one chosen by Borgo Panigale to join the official team in 2025, and yes Marc Marquezthere was some murmuring about the possibility that the march would take place with number 1 under his arm, as was the case.
That of San Sebastián de los Reyes managed to snatch the world title from Pecco Bagnaia during the last grand prix of 2024, Ducati keeping its promise and allowing him to fight with all his weapons against the Italianeven if many skeptics were present on this question.
However, from the factory based in Bologna they did not miss the opportunity to throw a dart at Aprilia, even though Martín was champion on a Desmosedici. So, once the Barcelona Solidarity GP is over, Davide Tardozzi, manager of the official Ducati team, commented on the Spaniard's progress.
“If Aprilia wants to buy number #1, we'll see if they can keep it next year“, commented the transalpine leader about Martín's right to wear the number that accredits him as champion, although Jorge has not yet decided if he will use it or if he will keep the number 89.
The person who was asked these words during the last Barcelona test was Massimo RivolaCEO of Aprilia Racing. In an interview with the making of international MotoGPthe Italian, who will be the new president of the Manufacturers' Association (MSMA), did not remain silent: “I think we spent less than Ducati for #1“, he replied between two laughs.
It should be remembered that, despite this “controversy” between Aprilia and Ducati, The truth is that Martín has not yet officially decided whether he will wear number 1 in the 2025 season.by inheriting it from Bagnaia. In the provisional list of entries in the premier category for the next campaign, the Spaniard still keeps the number 89so this is something that will need to be confirmed in the future.
In addition, Martín himself showed his doubts during the post-season tests in Barcelona, since he went to the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalonia without a number, with a few starsalthough its number 89 is displayed on one side of the RS-GP's 2025 specification. At the end of the day of testing, the driver arrives at his box and places the #1 in front of the #89.giving rise to an image in which the two dorsals were together.
