Aprilia MotoGP test proposal for Jorge Martin continues to split opinion

Herve Poncharal sy🌳mpathises with Aprilia’s requests 🥃to allow Jorge Martin to test before his MotoGP comeback

Jorge Martin, Aprilia Factory Racing, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Factory Racing, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test
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Tech3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal says he supports Aprilia’s push to allow injured rid𒈔ers to test before their rac☂ing comebacks, but “only the manufacturers can decide” this.

Reigning world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin missed all of the MotoGP pre-season after suffering multiple fractures in a crash o💧n day one of testing, before badly fracturing his wrist in a training incident prior to the Thai Grand Prix.

He ha🅰sn’t ridden his Aprilia since early February, with the Italian marque making an official request to allow Martin to test the RS-GP prior to his comeback - which could ℱbe at the Qatar GP.

However, this would require all m♊anufacturers to agree to change the reg🌟ulations, as currently under the concession rules only Yamaha and Honda can test freely during a season with their race riders.

Ducati has publicly stated it doesn’t support this happening in 2025, noting that it was never given the same courtesy in recent year🦹s when its injured riders could have benefited from it.

A vote on the matter is set for Thursday at the Americas GP, with Aprilia✃ needing unanimous agreement from all💯 manufacturers to have its request approved.

Poncharal, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tech3 team boss and president of the International Race Teams’ Association, backs Rivola’s position but also sees why delaying this rul꧃e change to 2026 may be more likely.

“A M𝕴otoGP team manager doesn't usually face t🙈hese kinds of problems,” Poncharal told GPOne.

“But we're in a high🦹ly professional sport, and our bikes are high-performance machines.

“Th🎀at's why I agree with Massimo😼 Rivola's proposal.

“However, a change to the regulations requires a unanimou𓄧s decision within the MSMA. But one manufacturer in this association voted against it.

“But there has never been a vote by the manufacturers in this cဣommittee on this 🐠issue in 2025.

“So we cannot h🍨ave a change t🌌o the regulations during the 2025 season.

“But I repeat: I understand why Massimo Rivola wants a change. I ha꧑ve nothing against his point of view.

“But this is a matter that only the manufa🍰cturers can decide.

“At the moment, they have never had a vote. But that does not mean that the♐ current regulations have to remain in force 🐲forever.

“I cannot speak on behalf of Ducati.

“But perhaps the MSMA will chang𒆙e this rule during the next winter, so that all MotoGP factories can 🥀start the new season on equal terms regarding this issue.”

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