Jorge Martin ponders Honda switch if he quits Ducati

Missing out on last season’s MotoGP championship to𒁃 Francesco Bagnaia also meant that Martin missed a promotion to Ducati’s factory team f𝔍or this year.
He will vie for t♓he title as a Pramac rider again but has already warned Ducati that he will seek pastures new unless his wish to join the top team is met.
He was asked if hℱe’d follow Luca Marini by joining Repsol Honda in 2025.
“My position is different from Marini's,” Martin told .🐟
“Because I am winning and he is stagnant.
“But If I see t🎐hat the Honda improves a little, or that in the long term it can be a winning projecﷺt, it would be a good option.
“But right now with Ducati I can enjoy it more.”
Martin made it clear that hiꦚs No1 goal is to wear red.
“My ﷽one hundred percent priority for 2025 i🥀s an official team,” he said.
“My goal is the official Ducati team, because�ꦆ� it is the factory I am with, I know the bike and I have a lot of projection in this factory.
“But if they don't want me or understand that I a🦩m not the best, I wil🐠l look for something else."
Martin’s contract reportedly included a clause stating that, if he w🔴on the 2023 title, he would be automatically promoted to the factor⛎y team.
He would have been in place as early as the postseason Valencia test𝓰, if he overcame Bagnaia in the tꦜitle battle.
“In Valencia I had two black jumpsuits ready in case I🅰 had to do the test in a different box,” Martin admitted.
“I wanted to join the official team and I presse𓆉d my manager to have the option.
“But I don't think ⭕it changes anything if I won the championship or not. If Pecco crashes in Valencia and I win 𒊎the race, then yes? What sense does that have?
“I resent the factꦑ that it's never enoug🌞h. I don't know what I have to do to prove more.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini will instead continue alongside two-time champion Bagnaia this year♏.
Bastianini was picked above Martin at the end of 2022 ⛦ꩲfor a promotion, but his debut year as a factory rider was ravaged by an injury nightmare which started in the first sprint race.
“The difference between being on the official team compared to the satellite is that there are 🍒more personnel working,” Martin explained.
“I prefer the atmosphere of ཧmy team, because it is a group🍃 and more familiar.
“So I would try to change that, because they are too serio🎉us, bu𒀰t working seriously when it has to be done, of course.
“The difference is that they have more peopl♚e, but at the level of [parts for the bike] I think there is no difference.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eꦦverything from American sp🍬orts, to football, to F1.