New MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has provided a clue as to what quantity he’ll race with in 2025 when joins Aprilia for his title defence.
The Spaniard locked horns with manufacturing unit Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia throughout the 20-round 2024 season, with the battle between the pair going to the wire.
Martin, regardless of solely successful three grands prix to Bagnaia’s 11, got here out on high within the Barcelona finale to win the championship by 10 factors.
It made Martin a double grand prix world champion following his 2018 Moto3 title, and made him the primary impartial group rider within the trendy period to turn out to be premier class champion.
Martin was resulting from step as much as the manufacturing unit Ducati group in 2025 alongside Bagnaia, earlier than the model made a U-turn on its resolution in favour of Marc Marquez as a substitute.
Subsequently, Martin signed a multi-year take care of Aprilia to hitch its manufacturing unit squad for the 2025 marketing campaign.
Since successful the championship in Barcelona, Martin has been repeatedly requested about what quantity he’ll use when he races the RS-GP.
Talking after the season finale, he stated of the matter: “What do you assume?
“I feel now it’s time to have a good time the second. I don’t need to take into consideration subsequent yr.
“As we speak we’re the primary and we are going to attempt to win the championship social gathering at present additionally. I don’t need to take into consideration subsequent yr.
“Now we have to time to consider this and let’s see.”
On the post-season take a look at in Barcelona, Martin continued to run his conventional quantity 89.
However on the latest TT-Christmas at Rocco’s Ranch, Martin took half within the motocross occasion carrying the primary.
Aprilia will launch its 2025 season with Martin and Marco Bezzecchi on 16 January, the place the previous will possible reveal whether or not or not he’ll use the primary plate.
If he does, he’ll keep it up from Bagnaia, who has run primary since successful his first title in 2022.
Previous to him, Joan Mir ran primary after his 2020 title, whereas Casey Stoner in 2012 did the identical.
The occasion at Rocco’s Ranch, close to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, featured plenty of high grand prix names like Aleix Espargaro and Fermin Aldeguer, and raised €20,000 for Aspar’s Valencia flood reduction fund.
