New MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin was cauꦏght in the middle of a contractual dispute between two Spanish TV broadcasters ove💞r an interview slot.

Martin was crowned MotoGP world champion for the first time in his career last weeke♐nd🌠 at the 2024 season finale.

He becomes the first rider in the modern era to win the championship for a💃n independent team, and isꦅ also Ducati’s third MotoGP title winner.

Martin was due to appear on Spanish TV show La Revuelta on Television Espanola, which wa🎶s set up this year as a rival to long-running rival El🐼 Hormiguero.

But Martin was forced to cancel his appearance on La Revuelta due to contractual pressure from El Hormiguero while sat in the dress♏ing room for the former.

It appears the contr♏actual wrangle centres on the fact that Atresmedia, which El Hormiguero is part of, also has a deal with Dorna Sports to show free-to-air coverage of some races on La Sexta.

“Today Jorge Martin, MotoGP world champion, was going to come, who, in fact, is down here, in the dres𒅌sing room,” La Revuelta host David Broncano said.

“But half an hour befo🦩re🍨 starting he told us that El Hormiguero found out that he was coming.

“And since they don't want any guest to ꧙appear here, rather than there, they have pulled thei𒁃r strings, with the ways of pressuring that they have, and Jorge has told us that he can't do the interview.

“He has told us that he cannot appea♔r on the sho🍬w because, otherwise, some things would happen.”

El Horm🐽iguero posted its own statement over the incident, saying: “It has been a misunderstanding of no major importanc🔜e.

“Two weeks before the final [MotoGP round], we had agreed to have Jorge 🙈Martin exclusively on our program.

“Today, one of their representatives made a mistake by changing th🐼e visit they had scheduled with another rider.

“After what happened, 🐽Dorna, the organis🎀ing company of the Motorcycle World Championship, contacted the representatives to resolve the situation.”

According to A♔utosport, El Hormiguero clocked the contractual clash after Martin posted a now-deleted tweet about his La Revuelta appearances. 

La Re💧vuelta issued its own brief social media statement defending Martin and his team, saying that they are not to blame🦩 for the situation. 

"If there was any doubt, yesterday Jorge Martin and his team did everything possible to ensure that the interview could be b🐎ro🌃adcast," it read. 

"They behaved impeccably and h💞opefully we ไcan invite him back in the future and celebrate with him that he is world champion."

Martin himself tweeted: "Thanks to the whole La Revuelta team and the audience! It was a great night! I'll be back ಞsoon and we'll share it with the꧅ whole audience."