The Pramac rider was locked in a head-to-head duel with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini throughout the 2022 marketing campaign to safe the manufacturing facility seat being vacated by Jack Miller, who signed a two-year cope with KTM.
With Bastianini profitable 4 races in 2022 on a 2021-spec bike and ending third within the championship, he was given the nod to hitch world champion Francesco Bagnaia on the manufacturing facility Ducati squad.
Martin, in the meantime, stays at Pramac on a manufacturing facility contract with machine parity to Bagnaia and Bastianini.
The one-time MotoGP race winner is not going to see a manufacturing facility group Ducati seat till 2025 on the earliest, with Bastianini and Bagnaia signed up for 2 extra years, whereas Martin in current weeks has been linked to Yamaha.
Commenting on Ducati denying him a manufacturing facility group step on the Americas Grand Prix, Martin mentioned: “For positive, I had ache within the second they advised me I wasn’t going there as a result of I believed I used to be going.
“So, then there was this massive change in the midst of the season.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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“A minimum of I’ve the identical materials because the manufacturing facility riders, as a result of final 12 months I had totally different [machinery].
“And I really feel like now, there is no such thing as a excuses. It’s simply myself [who can prove my worth].
“I really feel assured. I did a number of errors in qualifying [in Austin], so I want to enhance these moments.
“However I really feel quick from the primary take a look at, each race I’ve been tremendous aggressive.
“So, I really feel like I’m fixed, I can do actually good races. For positive my goal is to do an amazing job and perhaps I could be near Pecco in crimson.”
Bastianini’s manufacturing facility Ducati change hasn’t gone to plan up to now in 2023, with the Italian sidelined for the reason that Portugal dash on the opening weekend of the marketing campaign when he suffered a damaged shoulder in a collision with Luca Marini.
Martin at present sits 11th within the standings on 29 factors after crashing out on the opening lap of the Americas GP and taking Gresini’s Alex Marquez with him.
