Ma❀rco Bezzecchi says the fact he is stepping into the factory Aprilia team𒆙 alongside new MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin is “big luck” for himself.

After three seasons with the VR46 Ducati squad, during which time he won three grands prix, Bezzecchi will move to a factory squad for 𒀰the first time with Aprilia.

Bezzecchi will join Martin, who beat Francesco Bagna♛ia to the title by 10 points in a season-long battle that went to the wire in Barcelona.

The outgoing VR46 rider heaped praise on both, but notes Martin “deserved it more” and sees partnering him as “an oppor🥃tunity to learn” in 2025.

“Well, Jorge mad🦹e a wonderful season already last 🍨year,” he said.

“This year he was better, always consistent, alwa💟ys fast, always competitive through every weekend of the year.

“He didn’t win as much as Pecco but🦋, in the end, he was the strongest because it’s not always the fastest that wins the title.

“I’m very sorry for Pecco, I have nothing against Jorge,🌃 I’m his friend.

“Bu🐲t of course I’m closer to Pecco and I supported Pecco more.

“But Jorge was very good and he deserved the championship. Pec🍌co deserved it too, but in the en𝔍d Jorge deserved it more.

“I’m sure that Pecco will come back, this day he will remember for all his life, and he will come back very st🗹rong.

“And to h⛦ave Jorge as a team-mate next year is big luc𒁏k because he’s the strongest one.

“So, it’s an opportunity to learn, it’s an opportunity to get information from the🤡 best rider in the world.”

Bezzecchi struggleꦚd across the 2024 campaign on the GP23, scoring just one podium and finishing the year behind team-mate Fabio Di Giannantonio - who missed the last two roun🥃ds to have surgery on a shoulder injury - in the standings.

“Well, was a very difficult season,” he added.

“I didn’t expect to struggle so much. But since the first tes▨t I got a very difficult sensation on the bike.

“To make a compa🌠rison of my feelings on th💎e bike from the Sepang test till now, the difference is huge.

“But the perfor😼mance was not what I wanted o💛f course.

“So, it was a very tough year. I will try to elaborate🐼 on everything, try to understand🔯.

“I’m sure I’ve grown a lot during the year🤡, especially personally, but also as a rider because I never felt really good o൩n the bike through the season and I always had to adapt myself.

“⛦But for sure I expected more and I wanted to make morꦡe.”