Shrewdest signing of MotoGP rider market is pointed out
Our expert✱s have their say on the smartest signing ✃ahead of 2024

๊The MotoGP rider market ahead of next season will be much-changed.
The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 MotoGP rider line-up features a host of riders of new bikes - some of them 🌱will be thrilled, others perhaps less so.
But away from the furore of Ducati snapping up Marc Marquez, every other manufacturer was busy a🍃t work trying to do the best business they could possibly do.
Many of those brands will be 🍰confident that they have improved their rider duo for next year.
Our writers have picked out the shrewdes✅t signing of the MotoGP rid🔴er market...
Peter McLaren: Yamaha looked in real danger of losing Fabio Quartararo but wer🥃e able to secure a new deal.
But on paper, I’d say🎃 Aprilia, which had been one of Quartararo’s rumoured options but then quickly capitalised on Ducati’s factory team𝔍 decision to sign eventual world champion Jorge Martin.
A reigning champion hasn't left a MotoGP team for🍒 a different brand since Valentino Ross💛i.
KTM also deserves a mention for ens🐼uring Pedro Acosta wasn’t tempted away, plus the 🧸double signing of Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales for Tech3.
Lewis Duncan: Aprilia - signing Jorge Martin.
He was all set to be a factory Ducati rider in 2ꦛ025, an🍌d if the cards had fallen its way Ducati would have had the Spaniard, Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez all on factory GP25s.
The U-turn that ultimately saw Marquez get🔯 the nod over Martin forced the latter to walk, and Aprilia opened its arms.
The Noale brand had tried to sign Fabio Quartararo earlier in the 🎉year, but couldn’t afford much above €4 million to the 2021 world champion - a drop in𝓰 the ocean compared to Yamaha’s offer.
But when Martin, egged on by Aleix Espargaro, came walking into the Aprilia offices at Mugello the Italian brand didn’t miss its shot and Ma♕ssimo Rivola was able to get the funding he needed to secure his signature.
Aprilia💟’s form may have dropped off in the second half of the year, but with Martin winꦑning the title it’s a contract that has aged very well for the marque.
Jordan Moreland: Honda - signing Aleix Espargaro.
The fact that Aprilia fai✨led to keep him and Honda seized the opportunity was massiv🧔e.
He developed that Aprilia from a bike at the back of the grid, to one that could win races and contend for🐷 regular podiums.
He has a difficult task at Honda, but he is one of the best test rider🌠s you could ever have with his wealth of experience.