Moto2 race winner Fermin Aldeguer has been formally confirmed as using for Gresini in MotoGP subsequent season.
The 19-year-old Spaniard dominated the tip of the 2023 Moto2 marketing campaign, then signed a MotoGP cope with Ducati in March of this yr – albeit with a TBC group.
With the 5 different Ducati riders already confirmed, Aldeguer takes over the Gresini emptiness left by Marc Marquez, who’s transferring to the manufacturing facility Ducati group.
“I’m extraordinarily comfortable to be becoming a member of the Gresini household; that is an unimaginable alternative to make my MotoGP debut with one of the best bike on the grid and with a implausible group that has had loads of iconic riders,” Aldeguer stated.
“I hope to become familiar rapidly with the GP24: we’ll have to strategy it step-by-step, however I can’t await the primary take a look at of the brand new season in Valencia. I’d prefer to thank Nadia and Gigi for his or her belief, which will likely be repaid.”
Like Alex Marquez, Aldeguer will likely be a Gresini rider for the subsequent two seasons, though Marquez’s contract is with the group reasonably than the Ducati manufacturing facility. Each are set to experience year-old GP24s subsequent season.
“Household spirit is the idea our group relies upon, and it applies to our entire world championship historical past,” stated group proprietor Nadia Padovani.
“It’s an amazing pleasure for us to welcome one of the vital promising younger abilities within the sequence and our objective will likely be to guard him and assist him make his solution to the kind of outcomes that distinguish us.
“He’ll be with us for the subsequent two seasons and Ducati can even keep in our storage till at the least 2026. We’re doubly comfortable, so welcome to the group Fermín!”
After his beautiful finish to 2023, Pace Up star Aldeguer started the brand new Moto2 season as title favorite however is at the moment solely fifth on the earth championship (with two wins).
Aldeguer ought to be considered one of three rookies on subsequent yr’s MotoGP grid, with Ai Ogura already introduced at Trackhouse and Somkiat Chantra anticipated to hitch LCR.
