Reigning MotoGP world champion💎 Jorge Martin says the feeling of acceptance by Aprilia has been instant and is “like my family”, joking “I will kill for them”.

Martin was due t💛o join the factory Ducati squad in 2025 before it made a U-turn on this decision to promote Marc Marquez instead.

Aprilia🌜 was able to secure Martin’s signatur🦩e after last year’s Italian Grand Prix, with the Spaniard going on to win the title on a Pramac-run Ducati.

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On Thursday at its 2025 season launch, Martin revealed he will race with th🔥e #1 plate on his RS-GP.

Speaking to the media, including mah🦩bx.com, af🔯terwards, Martin offered some insight into the relationship he has with Aprilia already.

“It’s great,” he said.

“It’s so, so good. Everyone want꧟s to be valued, so when I arri🍸ved in the factory and saw all the people were so emotional with me and Marco [Bezzecchi] also, I think both of us arriving there was crazy.

“I feel already the love from the factory to us, I also feel already like it’s my family, I will kill for ꩲthem.

“This is so, so important. I never felt this before in my life in a🐲 factory 𒀰in other brands I rode for. I’m so happy and I think it’s a big motivation for all of us.”

He added: “The ♊first day [on the bike in the Barcelona test] was great.

“I think, already testing I felt a lot of support fro🎃m th♑e people, who were really interested in my comments.

“But I think, for sure I need to adapt a bit to their style of w♕ork and maybe they need to take some positives from my style of work because it was quite different.

“I feel that working with Aleix [Espargaro] waꦡs maybe much different than working with me in terms of how I ride, or how I do the runs.

“So, it’s different. But then I saw they w🎃e💜re really, really methodical to analyse after the test.

“I rem🔜ember in Pramac, I was working and was giving my comments, but when I finished, I was finished.

“But here, we still have like two hours meeting to try to understand the priorities, where to go, my pri☂orities.

“And actually I feel like they will work on my priorities. So, that’s ꦬreally import💯ant. That’s why I wanted to be a factory rider, and now finally I feel that support.”

Quotes provided by Crash Journalist Alex Whitworth

At the end of last year, Martin opened up on working with a sporౠts psychologist after suffering with his mental health following his 2023 tit🎉le loss.

He revealed that he’d lost the motivation to race when the 2024 pre-season began, but says he is now in a much different place as world c♊hཧampion.

“Yeah, for sure it’s very different compared to♍ one year ago,” he noted.

“Exactly one year ago I was going through one of𓃲 the wor😼st moments of my life, actually.

“So, I’m happy about this because I feel great. I feel last season, wel𒅌l for the past two years maybe I wasn’t motivated to race.

“I was racing and I was training because I’m really discipli൲ned. So, I was moved by discipline because I have made a lot of sacrifices to do my job.

“But now I feel really motivated and I keep this discipline because I had a bit of fear that after winning that maybe [I would think] ‘Ok💮, you won already, so just e🌠njoy’.

“But for me it’♍s▨ not like this. I hope it’s the beginning of something big.

“I thಞink I’m training better than ever and doin🔴g things in a good way, and understanding why I do certain things.

“I feel great, I feel experience is helping me and also this break keeps me really motivated. I’m really looking ꦡforward to sꦕtart.”