Jorge Martin admits he was imprཧessed by Marc Marquez’s data last year.

Martin prevailed as MotoGP champion on a factory-spec Ducati, a bike which was ﷺa year newer than Marquez’s version.

But in 2🐼025 Marquez returns with a factory Ducati while Martin must defend his title while adapting to the Aprilia.

Martin has considered which⭕ of his rivals is the favourite for the 2025 title.

“In the end, the o🐼ne who has been ahead is Pecco🤪 Bagnaia,” he told .

“So, I see Pecco as a favorite, but I'm not going to deceive you, in the end, I saw🌜 the data and I have seen things in Marc.

“There are times when you say: 'Damn, the way the bike is runninꩲg here, 🌠it's going very fast'.

“Which is not always the case, there have been a couple of races, especially Thailand and Malaysia, where I don🧸't know why, his bike ran less.

“I've💖 eve🌊n talked about it with him, but the guy tried and tried and, in the end, he had great races.

“So, I think that with the GP25, there is surely room for improvement, but I think Pecco is at a verꦐy difficult level to reach.

“Eleven wins are crazy and, right now, after winning two consecutive 🦩titles and being runner-up this ye🍌ar, he is the favorite right now.

“Then⛎, in the end, what is talked about now, it doesn't matter. We'll see what happens…”

Martin has the extremely difficult challenge of fighting ag⛎ainst 🙈the factory Ducati riders, who are equipped with MotoGP’s best bike.

“I'm not so co🌺nvinced that I can succeed with Apri📖lia,” he admitted.

“I am convinced that we are♉ going to gi𝓰ve our 100% and I have no expectations, because I have to see that, I have to see how the bike is.

“The bike, [last] year, they finished third in Constructors, it has n♛ot been the best bike and, from there, it is about trying to improve.

“I꧃ think I can contribute a lot to the new factory, I can contribute [con🅰sistency], speed.

“But it is clear, what we have all seen, that there are races [in which they were 15th]. So, there 🐬is something.

“We have to see where we are starting from and, from there, that the factory is 100%. I believe that the warmth of the entire factory and the heart that they put into it will help me and we will be able to🔯 do beautiful things, for sure.”