Jorge Martin feels like he's on his own... so he should play up to that
In June everything looked locked on for Jorge Martin to finally fulfil his long-held ambitions of stepping up to the factory Ducati team in 2025.
“I think, sincerely speaking, if I didn’t show yet my potential for them to be in red, I will never be in red because making more than this is quite complicated,” Martin told the assembled media after the Valencia finale last year. Martin’s subsequent signing with Aprilia for next year has now brought with it the expectation that Ducati will likely ease off its support for the Spaniard to stop the possibility of an RS-GP carrying the #1 plate courtesy of its superstar outcast.
Regardless, ending the season clear of Marquez in any capacity optically is something he can use as ammunition against Ducati. As petulant as it would come across, the Spaniard spending the winter saying ‘look how good I was and look how better I was than the guy they’ve replace me with’ will sting the Italian marque. And there’s not a lot they could do to defend that.
Riders are hugely egotistical creatures and riding at your absolute best without getting what you feel you deserve will smart. Largely because in the instant you are officially not deemed worthy enough of staying somewhere, it alters the general public perception. That’s something Martin will have to fight against for the rest of the year and it will put any mistakes he makes into further focus.
Playing up to the ‘lone warrior’ angle also covers him if his championship challenge starts to come off the rails. He can point the finger at waining support from Ducati, who can equally claim it doesn’t want secrets slipping with him to Aprilia and Pramac to Yamaha. If he wins, becoming the first satellite rider ever to do so, it somewhat mythologises his title given the circumstances.
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