Jorge Martin will race for Aprilia in the 2025 MotoGP season as part of a multi-year contract, the news all but confirming Marc Marquez’s promotion to the factory Ducati squad.
Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote championship leader Jorge Martin from Pramac to its factory squad.
With Marquez stating at the Italian Grand Prix that racing on a factory bike at Pramac was “not an option” for him, Ducati’s plans to keep both riders were scuppered.
With the form Marquez has already shown on the 2023-spec Ducati at Gresini already in 2024, with his high marketing value, the Italian manufacturer could not justify letting him walk to a rival marque.
Martin, having been informed that Ducati had changed its mind, elected to take matters into his own hands and walk away from the marque – paving the way for Marquez to move to the factory team.
On Monday evening, Aprilia took to its social media account to announce that Martin will race for the Italian brand next year.
