That team switch, in placꦉe of Enea Bastianini, was apparently on the cards if the Pramac rider snatched the world championship away from France🐬sco Bagnaia at Valencia.

“In Valencia, I had two black [leather suits] ready in case I had to do the test in a different box,” Martin is quoted as saying by .

But the Spaniard, who ultimately lost out on the title to Bagnaia by 39 points after tangling w𝔉ith Marc Marquez in the season finale, doesn’t appear to agree with the logic of linking the factory move with winning the 2023 title, feeling he had already done enough.

“I wanted to join the official team and I pressured my manager to have the option, but I think it doesn't change anything whether I won the World Championship or not. If Pecco crashed in Valencia and I won the race [and title]? What sense does tౠhat have?”

Martin alleged that Bastianini’s only victory of an injury-interrupted year, at Sepan💯g, came while using what would be an extremely low tyre pressure of 1.2 bar rather than the 1.88 ba🐟r specified for at least 50% of the race distance.

As a first offence, the Italian was given an official warning. M🍒artin had alr꧙eady used up his low pressure warning, in Thailand.

“I am bothered by the fact that [what I do] is never enou🌄gh,” said Martin, who l🦄ost out to Bastianini for the factory ride a year ago. “I don't know what more I have to do.

"I understand that 💃Ene🌄a has had a bad year [with injuries], but he rode in 14 or 15 races and won one of them because his front tyre pressure was set to 1.2. That way I would win too.

“But hey, the difference between being on the official team compared to the satellite team is that there are more personnel. I prefer the atmosphere of my team, because it is a group and more familiar, so I would try to change that, because they are too serious, but working seriously when it has to be done, of course𝕴.

“The differ𒀰ence is that they [the factory team] have more people, but at the l🐷evel of [the machinery spec] I think there is no difference.”

But Martin made clear: “My one hundred per cent priority for 2025 is an official team. My goal is the officia♈l Ducati team, because it is the factory I am with, I know the bike and I have a lot of projection in this factory.

"But if they don't want me or understand that I am not the best, I willꦡ l💧ook for something else."

Martin: Marc Marquez is one of the best in history. So if I beat him…

The big talking poin𒆙t ahead of the 2024 season is the arrival of Marc Marquez to Ducati, via a seat at the satellite G🤪resini team.

“For me, it is not a problem that Marquez comes to Ducati. He is a big threat, because he is one of the best in history, but it is a motivation for me. If I manage to𒆙 beat him, then I will establish myself as one of the bestꦛ too,” Martin said.

“Marquez may have an adܫvantage at the beginning of the season over us because he will have a [2023] bike already prepared. For the official riders the tests are much more complicated b🅷ecause there are many things to test.”