At 6.00 pm today the announcement which gives a fairly clear connotation to the MotoGP rider market. L’Aprilia Racing has made his move, announcing the hiring of the current world ranking leader, Jorge Martin. A revelation that follows in its wake the many rumors about Marc Marquez’s arrival in the official Ducati.
As known, Martin, Marquez and Enea Bastianini were the pilots at the center of this contention to be Francesco Bagnaia’s teammate next year in the Borgo Panigale Factory Team. However, with the communication from Noale, there is now the certainty that Marc will wear red from next yearwith Bastianini who will try to occupy a place in KTM or perhaps in Pramac.
The chain reaction that was expected, after what was said in today’s autosport article, is taking place. Certainly, Aprilia has pulled off a great coup, investing in a rider of great quality and consistency, who could allow the Italian team to take a step forward. In this regard the compatriot Aleix Espargarówho will retire at the end of the year, had recently declared that he would like Martin as his successor, considering him the strongest rider in the world.
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In this way it becomes more and more prefigured an important pairing between Marquez and Bagnaia next year. It will be interesting to understand what the consequences of this news will be on the current World Championship and in what state of mind Martin and Marc will compete, once their fates are known, and how Ducati will behave.
