Martin narrowly missed out to factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia in the 2023 MotoGP championship battle and, as a ൲result, will spend this year at Pramac Racing aga✱in.

But, armed with his status as last season’s runner-up and among the favourites for glory this year, he is eyeing up o𝓰ther factory opp🌼ortunities for 2025.

"I see myself as an o𝔍fficial rider in 2025,” he said to . 

“If not atౠ Ducati, I will look for other options.”

Martin insists “at no time during the year” did he ask for a pro𝓡motion from Pramac to the factory squad, until he began to⭕ “move the option” in the final stages of the season.

It had been re𝓰ported previously that, if Martin won the championship, a contractual clause would have automatically taken him onto a factory bike, even as early as the postseason test in Valencia.

൲Instead, Enea Bastianini will continue alongside💯 Bagnaia in red this year.

“My main goal is to go to Ducati but, if it can’t be done, I💞’ll have to look at other options,” he warned.

“There are many factories that are ma♏king big steps, we’ll see what the best option is.”

But for 2024?

Martin insisted: “I’m happy to con💝tinue at Pra🐻mac, it’s the best place to fight for a championship.”

Most riders on tܫhe grid hav๊e entered the final year of their contracts which means that, by this summer, negotiations will take place to potentially totally restructure the rider line-up for 2025.

He refl☂ected on his runner-up fi🧔nish last year: “I’m satisfied, very happy. It has been a year to remember.

“Obviously it wasn’t the result t🥀hat I wanted, having it so close, but I am very proud of the year that we had.

“I give myself a high grade because finishing second today in MotoGP is not e𝓡asy at all.”