Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola has revealed that MotoGP title leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin signed for t꧂he factory just 30 minutes before the surprise news w✃as made public.

While ꦅMartin had previously been linked wi𓂃th the seat, rumours on the eve of the Mugello weekend suggested the Spaniard had won the duel with Marc Marquez to become Francesco Bagnaia factory Ducati team-mate in 2025.

But with Marquez the🌄n flatly rejec꧂ting the option of replacing Martin at Pramac, Ducati appears to have performed a dramatic U-turn and picked the eight-time world champion to join Bagnaia instead.

Ducati’s loss became Aprilia’s gain, with a deal swiftly agreed for Martin to replace good friend Aleix Espargaro, who recent🐓ly confirmed his retirement at the end of the 2024 season.

“Obviously I'm super happy t🤡o have him on board,” Rivola told Dorna’s Jack Gorst.

“I cannot talk about all thღe details, but I can tell you that it was a quite a ‘racing’ deal, very fast, from last night to today. ﷺActually, we signed at 5:30pm and we announced at 6pm. So it was quite a fast decision and move for us.”

“Since Aleix decided to retire… I started to check💜 the rider market in the paddock and many managers knocked on my door actually and I think we gotဣ the best possible solution.”

Rivola confirmed that Espargaro’s current Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales is yet to decide🐻 his future, but hopes he will remain and form a ‘super couple’ with 𝔉Martin.

“Let's see if [Maverick] is happy to stay with us. We'll try to do it. If it's not, we will again go and see what the market offers. But obviously thinking about a super couple like Maverick and൲ Jorge would be amazing,” Rivola said.

Rivola added that although “Aleix and Jorge are sort of brothers” he doesn’t think the arrival of the younger Spaniard will prompt🌳 Espargaro to remain as an Aprilia test rider rather than♌, as rumoured, join development duties at Honda.

Ap𝐆rilia 🔴also has two other RS-GP seats at the satellite Trackhouse team.