Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin says his “obsession” for his first seaso🦂n with Aprilia is “to be my best version” rather than focus purely on results.

Martin brings the #1 plate with him tꦇo Aprilia after winning the championship for Ducati, who last year made a U-turn on its plans to promote him to its factory team.

The world champion has one day of running on the RS-GP under his belt last November at Barcelona, and will continue his adaptation to the bike this week at the 🅘Sepang pre-season test.

As world champion ওand a factory team rider for the first time, expectations are high on Martin for the season ahead - though he doesn’t see it this way.

“I don’t feel pressure at the moment,” he said.

“I mean, the pressure that we want is to make good results. But I thin🌜k I will keep my mentality from l✨ast season.

“I๊ wasn’t focused on winning. I was focused on being🔴 better every day, being my best version.

“This is my obsession, to be my best version an🦹d when it 🌞comes, it comes."

Jorge Martin feels responsibility at Aprilia

“I am trying to put these t๊houghts on the people, because when I arr꧅ived all the people were like ‘we have to win, we have to win’," he said.

“But we don’t have to win. We have to do our best an🍬d then we will see our potential. The poten﷽tial is high, but we will see where we are.”

He added: “I think t🤪hat the pressure I went through last season won’t be as much any time in my life.

“I don’t feel pressure, I feel responsibility. It’s responsibility, no�🐓�t pressure.

“The pressure you have when you are fighting for a championship, you have the pressure at its highest - and whaꦿt I’ve been through in the last years, and last year, was crazy.

“So, now I feel re♌ally relaxed, really like I want to perform.

“I took off a big weight from my back and now I’m just focused on doing my best, and for sure having the responsibil𝔉ity of having ꦍthe whole factory behind us.”

Martin says building up the “family” relationship he had at Pramac is taking some time at ꧟A🐷prilia given how new he is to the project, but feels he already has a stronger relationship with management then he did at Ducati.

“I feel we are for 🤡sure still not the family like Pramac,” he said.

“It’s quite difficult﷽ to arrive after four years together with the same team💟, same organisation.

“Bu💮t I bring some people from Pramac. I knew some people from Aprilia fꦅrom Aleix [Espargaro], so I feel like the group is getting really good together.

“It’s also a big family, with the bosses I feel I ha💃ve a relationship with them where before I didn’t ༒with any of them.

“So, now I feel I am really on the project and I can help a lot. I feel a lot that when you enter into the box you bre🐟at𝔍he good air. So, this is really, really good.” 

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren