168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro says he ‘couldn’t be happier’ that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin will take over his Aprilia seat for MotoGP 2025.

Although Espargaro is switching to Honda test riding duties after retiring at the end of this season, he took a personal interest in securing good fri🐷end Martin’s signature at Aprilia.

“I couldn’t be happier. My bes♉t friend and the leader of the championship will be riding my bike next year,” Espargaro said.

“He had some doubts. He had anoꦉther very good option on the table. He came to my motorhome. After the [Mugello] race we spent 5 hours talking. He asked many things technically.

“Then obviously he was quite disappointed with Ducati, so he was very interested on the human side, how⛄ is the team. He saw how happy I am, how much I enjoy these years with Aprilia. So it was quite easy to cဣonvince him.

“On the Monday morning [after Mugello], I said to Massimo [Rivola] ‘prepare the contract, he’s convinced’. Everybo෴dy♔ was very happy in Aprilia.”

But having spent his entire MotoGP career on a Ducati at Pramac, 🤪what will Martin need to adapt to most on the RS-GP?

“He [will have] a very, very strong bike,” Espargaro said. “It’s different from the Ducati. At Ducati, they ride a lo🐷t with the throttle. With the Aprilia, you can push a lot with the front brake.

“Jorge is a rider who loves to ride with the front brake. They have s🍬ome locking problems with the Ducati on the brakes so also this will be easier on the Aprilia.

“Maybe on the engine side he will struggle a bit more becꦰause the Aprilia is not a💯s strong. But when you’re talented, it’s a bike: An engine, two wheels and full gas!”

Espargaro iཧs adamant that Aprilia couldn't have done better than Martin.

“Number 1. He’s the be💦st one! I mean, who else can you take?" Esparga𝓀ro said.

"He’s leadingꦓ the championship. He’s angry at his manufacturer at how they treat him. He’s super hungry to win with a new brand. He’s young, a good guy. He’s learning from the best, like me! [laughs]

“I think Aprilia h♑as been lucky and Jorge has been lucky𒈔 to find each other.”

Espargaro also believes the rider-manu♍facturer reshuffle wi𝔍ll make the championship more balanced.

💃“I think it’s going to be very intere🥀sting,” he said.

“Ducati, with the strategy they take [pick🦋ing Marc Marquez but losing Jorge Martin, Enea Bast🐠ianini and Marco Bezzecchi], which I respect, they helped a lot the other manufacturers.

“KTM is going to be super strong. Aprilia is going to be strong. With really motivated riders in both KTM and in Aprilia. [Ducati are going] to lose tw🐻o bik🎐es.

“We’re going to balance the championship.”

Espargaro's team-mate Maverick Vinales is also leaving Aprilia𝔉, for Tech3 KTM next season.

Martin start𝔍s this weekend’s German MotoGP with a ten-point lead over Ducati’s reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia.