The Spaniard Jorge Martin, crowned MotoGP world champion last November, will wear the No. 1 in his new team, Aprilia, he revealed Thursday January 16 during the official presentation of his future mount, the elegant RS-GP25 black and red. “I put this number 1 everywhere! I never had a doubt that I was going to wear it. I have fought all my life to be world champion and to achieve this goal is incredible. I'm delighted to put this number on this superb Aprilia and I hope we can take it to the top too.”underlined the Madrilenian, who also wanted to display his old number, 89, on his new mount.
“No particular expectations” for the coming season
“I don't have any particular expectations for this season, I'm just going to give everything and do my best to get good results. I'm very excited, I can't wait to ride the new bike. I already feel good, it's like a new family. I am proud to be a driver of an official team”added the 26-year-old Spaniard, who had won the crown with a satellite team, Ducati-Pramac, a first in history.
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Aprilia, which has never won a world title in MotoGP, hopes that the arrivals of the reigning world champion and the Italian Marco Bezzecchi from Ducati-VR46 will allow it to climb a little in the hierarchy after finishing third last year behind the – untouchable – Ducati and the KTM.
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“The priority is that the relationship between the riders, the team and the bike is good. Being fast will come next”for his part declared Massimo Rivola, the boss of the Italian team. Pre-season testing will take place in Malaysia from February 5-7 then on February 12-13 at the Buriram circuit in Thailand, which will then host the first Grand Prix of the MotoGP season on March 2.
