The decisive night
While waiting to have the actual official confirmation of Marc Marquez’s move to the Lenovo Ducati team for the 2025 season, the news of the moment in the MotoGP paddock can only be that ofAprilia hires Jorge Martin. A surprise move, the one made by the CEO. Massimo Rivolagiven that the common feeling was that Martin would team up with Bagnaia in the official team. On Sunday, however, everything changed.
Rivola was not caught unprepared and, speaking with the journalists present at Mugello on Monday, for the day of testing, he told how in one night he managed to create the conditions for a sensational hire, which inevitably puts Aprilia – at least on the card – in the role of championship title contender for the season. “It all happened in one night, we seized the opportunity“, explained Rivola.
Doubt Viñales, Bezzecchi would be an option
“We realized there was this possibility on Sunday evening – Rivola commented again, going into the details of the negotiation – I called Michele Colaninno and he told me ‘Go‘. We brought home one of the best talents on the grid“. The CEO of Aprilia Racing also admitted how the Spaniard was a “unexpected goal“, because it was not believed that it could actually be available. However, when the planets aligned, the leaders of the Noale house wasted no time.
Still to be defined, however, is the question of who will be the Martin’s boxing partner: “The priority is to understand what he wants to do Viñales – concluded Rivola in this regard – he is a fixed point for us, but we don’t force anyone to stay. If he doesn’t want to stay, we’ll go on the market. Bezzecchi? If it were available, why not?“.
