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 the factor🥃y just 30 min🐼utes before the surprise news was made public.

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

But with Marquez then flatly rejecting the option of replacing Martin at Pramac, Ducati appears to have p♔erformed 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 recently confirmed his retirement at the end of the 2024 season.

“Obviously I'm super happy to have him on board,” Rivola told Dorna’s Jꦺack Gorst.

“I cannot talk about all the details, but I can tell you that it was a ওquite a ‘racing’ deal, very fast, from last night to today. Actually, 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 ma🐟rket in the paddock and many managers knocked on my door actually and I think we got 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 Martin.

“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 ཧmarket offers. But obvio🅰usly thinking about a super couple like Maverick and Jorge would be amazing,” Rivola said.

Rivola added that althougౠh “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.

Aprilia also ha💞s two ot༒her RS-GP seats at the satellite Trackhouse team.