Boss Jorge Martin reveals details of Ducati’s behavior during battle with Banaya
Jorge Martin, 26 years old, has been declared MotoGP world champion.. The Martinator, who will become the official Aprilia team rider from 2025, won the title of the highest category in motorsports, competing in a satellite teamwhich matches the feat previously achieved by Kenny Roberts (1978), Marco Lucchinelli (1981), Franco Uncini (1982), Eddie Lawson (1989) and Valentino Rossi (2001).
Madrid pilot This season he rode the Ducati Desmosedici GP24, the same prototype that Pecco Bagnaia raced for the crown. until the last race of the year. The only and at the same time big difference was that the Italian acted as a rider for the official Borgo Panigale team, and Jorge Martin fought it out from the penalty area of the independent team.
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Fonsi Nieto, Pramac sporting director and team rider coachrecently answered a question many asked during the final round of the 2024 MotoGP Championship on journalist Nico Abad’s podcast: Will Ducati hurt Pramak and Jorge Martin by not allowing the private team to beat the factory team?
“They always gave us everything. In this sense, I have always said that we are grateful. If I didn’t believe, I would be sitting at home on the couch with the children. Just like in the past, when I ran, you saw that something was being done, and now I can say the opposite. Vice versa; even, At the end of the championship they were in the loop to see if the bike would stop or if something happened and they looked bad.. They were even taller. I’m there I take my hat off“, defended the former professional pilot.
Fonsi Nieto further explained that Ducati maintained its sportiness even “when the time came when it became known that Pramac was moving to Yamaha and that Jorge Martin had signed a contract with Aprilia.”; We continue to support everything. They gave us everything we were on equal terms with Banaya. I take my hat off.”
“With four or five races left in the championship, Jorge Martin’s motorcycle was the same as Banaya’s. There was no difference, and then you realize“, emphasized Fonsi Nieto, who emphasized the nobility of Ducati during the conversation.