Aprilia MotoGP boss Paolo Bonora says reꦗigning world champion Jorge Martin’s visit to the Americas Grand Prix was a “surprise” for the factory team.

After Ducati made a U-turn on its decision to promote him to its works squad for 2025 in favour of Marc Marquez, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin signed a multi-year deal with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aprilia’s factory team.

Making an encouraging start to life at Aprilia in the November Barcelona test last year, in which 🅠he was the fastest of the riders swapping manufacturer for 2025, Martin has yet to start a race for the brand.

Completing just 13 laps on the opening day of testing at Sepang, Martin crashed and su▨ffered multiple fractures, before injuring himself fu🎐rther in a training accident prior to the Thai Grand Prix.

He has been out of action since, with Ma✃rtin aiming for a racing return in nꦐext month’s Qatar GP.

Ahead of his racing return, Martin has come to the Americas꧑ Grand Prix as part of a team bonding exercise and a first chance to undꩲerstand how Aprilia works during a race weekend.

Team boss Bonora 🎉says his visit was kept a secret from the rest of the crew.

“Boost and energy are the correct words, for sure,” he said about Martin’s visit at COTA during MotoGP’s world feed coverage of FP2 on Saturday.

“It was a surprise for the team.

“We kept it secr✤et for the tꦐeam, so they were absolutely excited to see him.

“But it was important for Jorge to be here because after many days without feeling the rౠac𝓡e situation, it is important for him.

“It’s the first step to get him into the rhythm.”

Aprilia🌼 had been lobbying with MotoGP to open up the regul💟ations to allow Martin to have a day of testing prior to his racing comeback.

Under the concession rules, only Yamaha and 🌺Honda are allowed to test wit𝓡h their race riders freely during the season.

While an official request was made to the championship, it was not unanimously agreed on by the manufacturers’ association - though 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Ducati claims it was not the one who stood in the way of ℱMartin’s test being approved, as had initially been reported by Aprilia.