The Pramac rider was locked in a head-to-head duel with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini throughout the 2022 marketing campaign to safe the manufacturing unit seat being vacated by Jack Miller, who signed a two-year cope with KTM.
With Bastianini successful 4 races in 2022 on a 2021-spec bike and ending third within the championship, he was given the nod to hitch world champion Francesco Bagnaia on the manufacturing unit Ducati squad.
Martin, in the meantime, stays at Pramac on a manufacturing unit contract with machine parity to Bagnaia and Bastianini.
The one-time MotoGP race winner is not going to see a manufacturing unit crew Ducati seat till 2025 on the earliest, with Bastianini and Bagnaia signed up for 2 extra years, whereas Martin in current weeks has been linked to Yamaha.
Commenting on Ducati denying him a manufacturing unit crew step on the Americas Grand Prix, Martin mentioned: “For certain, I had ache within the second they informed me I wasn’t going there as a result of I believed I used to be going.
“So, then there was this huge change in the midst of the season.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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“At the least I’ve the identical materials because the manufacturing unit riders, as a result of final 12 months I had totally different [machinery].
“And I really feel like now, there isn’t a excuses. It’s simply myself [who can prove my worth].
“I really feel assured. I did a number of errors in qualifying [in Austin], so I would like to enhance these moments.
“However I really feel quick from the primary take a look at, each race I’ve been tremendous aggressive.
“So, I really feel like I’m fixed, I can do actually good races. For certain my goal is to do an awesome job and possibly I could be near Pecco in crimson.”
Bastianini’s manufacturing unit Ducati change hasn’t gone to plan to date in 2023, with the Italian sidelined because the Portugal dash on the opening weekend of the marketing campaign when he suffered a damaged shoulder in a collision with Luca Marini.
Martin presently sits eleventh within the standings on 29 factors after crashing out on the opening lap of the Americas GP and taking Gresini’s Alex Marquez with him.