Aprilia “ready to do our part’ in healing Jorge Martin rift after British MotoGP win

Aprilia MotoGP CEO Massim🧸o Rivola hails Marco Bezzecchi’s British MotoGP win, “waiting for” Jorge Martin.

Massimo Rivola
Massimo Rivola

Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola says the team is "ready to do our part" to mend its strained relationship with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin after team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi delivered the factory's first MotoGP victory of the season at Silverstone.

Reigning world champion Martin, Aprilia's star signing alongside 🐭B🦋ezzecchi in an all-new 2025 rider line-up, has endured a nightmare start at the Noale-based team.

Multiple accidents and injuries have sidelined the Spaniard for all but one grand prix, with off-track tensions then escalating over a reported performance-related 🐓exit clause in his contract.

🌠The rift has played out publicly, cre🧸ating uncertainty around Martin's future.

Following Bezzecchi's dramatic win at the Brit൲ish Grand Prix - which saw Fabio Quartararo retire with a ride-height issue while leading by 4.5 seconds - Rivola addressed the situation, expressing willingness from Aprilia's side to rebuild trust.

“We are, let's say, waiting for him,” Rivola said. “Our mission is to have the best possible bike so that when he comes back, he will find the best possible bike ready to win. Today we proved the bike can win, but we need to do i💞t many more times.”

The Italian acknowledgedไ the difficulties Martin has faced, physically and mentally, during his long rehabilitation.

“When you spend most of your time on the bed, in the h💝ospital suffering, nobody can know how much the bad time is passing,” Rivola explained. “This is something that we have to respect. Riders should ride the bike more than spendinꦬg time at home suffering.”

The team-rider tension hasn’t been helped by some of the dialog🙈ue playing out vi🍌a new stories and social media, rather than privately.

“For sure, that is not the right way,” Rivola conceded. “There will be better ways to find a solution, but it’s always 🔜difficult when the parties aꦡre far away. It's a difficult situation. We are trying to get the best possible bike ready to show him he can come back.”

Assuming a 'solution' is found and Martin dജoes return, trust will need to🤪 be rebuilt on both sides.

“I will say, let's do one thing at a time. First of all, we need him to come back and then we think about rebuilding the trust,” Rivola answered. “But y🧸ou know, when you get married, you need both parties to do their job in that respect! We are ready to do our part.”

Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 British MotoGP
Marco Bezzecchi, 2025 British MotoGP

Meanwhile, Rivola praise♏d Bezzecchi for not only securing Aprilia's first win of the season but also showing leadership during a difficult last four months.  

“This first period was just impossible to 𝓀write, even in a book,” Rivola said of Martin’s succession of injuries - in testing, training on a supermoto bike, then on his return in the Qatar Grand Prix.

“It's🥂 something, honestly, difficult to accept, but it’s li🙈ke that. So we have to carry on and do the best.

“I'm super happy for Marco because he is someone who giv🐼es everything all the time he goes onto the bike and also off the b🐲ike.

“After the last race, he sent us a video message to distribute to all the company to say, 'Gꦰuys, I believe in the project, keep pushing'. So when you feel that kind of help and responsibility, for sure it's a big motivation.”

Nonetheless, Rivola remains pragmatic.

“We have an expression in Italy that on𝓀e bird doesn't make spring!” he said.&༒nbsp;

“But first of all, we proved to ourselves. Because when you pass through a difficult time, maybe you start doubting that you are foll🥂owing the right way.

“So having such a big effort pay off with 🍨a good result is a big boost for everyone at Noale, who have been working night and da🎀y.

“It's true that in Silverstone our bike is normally quite competitive... And we were lucky because Fabio dese🎶rved to win. 

"𓆏But races are like that. And for sure, it was good to see Marco taking the lead and getting a four-second advantage.

꧟“So honestly, I cannot be happier, especially🌱 ahead of our big celebration in Misano for the Aprilia All Stars."

Martin is due to attend that event alon🔯gside the other Aprilia Moto🦋GP riders on June 1.

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