Jorge Martin to race #1 plate at Aprilia? “What do you think!”
“Today we are the number one..."
During his MotoGP title celebrations at Barcelona on Sunday,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Jorge Martin enthusiastically slapped a gold #1 freshly placed😼 on the front🎃 number plate of his Pramac Ducati.
But when speaking afterwards, Martin dodged a direct answer about whe🗹ther he will indeed run the #1 plate - rather than his usual #89 - as a factory Aprilia rider next season.
“What do you think?” he smiled. “I think now it's time to celebrate ♏the moment. I don't want to think about♏ next year.
“Today we are the number one and we will try to win the championship party today also! I want to enjoy the 🔴moment.
“We ha꧋ve time to think about this [#1] and let's see.”
Martꩵin will make his Aprilia MotoGP debut during Tuesday's post-race test in Barcelona.
Most believe Martin will indeed take on the #1, worn by Francesco Bagnaia at the factory Du♔cati team for the last two seasons, not least f✤or the prestige and marketing value it will bring to Aprilia.
But since the start of th🍃e MotoGP era in 2002, world champions have been divide꧅d over running the number 1 plate.
Valentin♋o Rossi (46), Marc M𒁃arquez (93), Joan Mir (36) and Fabio Quartararo (20) kept their usual numbers during a MotoGP title defence, while Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner and Bagnaia switched to #1.
Jorge Lorenzo did both, running the #1 after hi⛄s first MotoGP title in 2011 but then sticking with his #99 in 2013 and 2016.
Bagnaia’s successful 2023 title defence was the first by a rider with the #1 plate since Mick Doohan in 1998ꩵ.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the f🦋orefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc𒊎 Marquez’s injury issues.
