Jorge Martin’s motivation is partly to prove that Ducati were wrong to overlook him for tꦕheir factory ride.

Martin appea🐈red to be a shoo-in to earn a promotion into the 2025 official D🐬ucati garage until Marc Marquez warned that he would not go to Pramac.

Ducatiꦯ ultimately plumped💖 for Marquez, and Martin has signed for Aprilia next season.

“He looks [like he has] a strong personality but he’s a sweet guy, a very nice guy,” Pramac owner Paolo Campinoti to🍸ld TNT Sports.

“He’s a very 𒀰good person, very committed and motivated to show that Ducati made the wrong choice to bring Marc in!”

Martin could yet take the #1 plate away from Ducati and to their rivals Apri𒁃lia next year.

He currently leads the M♓otoGP championship - only seven points ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, and𒀰 53 ahead of Marquez.

Martin’s victory at last week’s sprint race in Misano has laid down a marker ahead of next weekend’s return🌄 to the same circuit.

“It was very important,” Campinoti admitted. “Jorge was always in front but hadn’🐻t been able to win in the last races.

“For h🌳is confidence, he was able to show hims𝐆elf and everybody that he’s still there.”

The significance was to deliverꦰ a blow to Bagnaia.

“It’s at Pecco’s home - he pretty much lives here, he knows the track so well, he’s so fast here, he had great race pace, started on pole, and was the clear favourite,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgso💫n analysed.

ꦇ“For all the tracks to nick a win of him, [Martin] did 🍌it here.

“He destroyed him. He got into the lead straight away then controlled it. It was a boring raceജ because Martin was so perfect.

“I watched someone riding and braking🍸 so deep into the corners. It was a world champioꦇn’s race.”