Jorge Martin admits he was impressed by Marc Marquez’ꦬs data last year.

Martin prevailed as MotoGP champion on a factory-spec Ducati,ꩵ 🅰a bike which was a year newer than Marquez’s version.

But in 2025 Marquez returns with a factory Ducati while Martin musﷺt defend his title while adapt♑ing to the Aprilia.

Martin has considered which of♏ his rivals is the fꦆavourite for the 2025 title.

“In the 🌠end, the one who has been ahe🧔ad is Pecco Bagnaia,” he told .

“So, I see Pecco as a favorite, but I'm not going to 💮deceive you, in the end, I saw the data and I have seen things in Marc.

“There are time♛s♔ when you say: 'Damn, the way the bike is running here, it's going very fast'.

“Which is not always the case, there 🐼have been a couple of races, especially Thailand and Malaysia, where I don't kn♋ow why, his bike ran less.

“I've even talked about it with h🔜im, but the guy tried🐲 and tried and, in the end, he had great races.

“So, I think that with the GP25, there is surely room for improvement, but I th♊ink Pe♛cco is at a very difficult level to reach.

“Eleven wins are crazy and, right now, after winning two consecutive titles and being runner-up this year,𒊎 he is the favorite right now.

“Then, in the end, what is talked ab💫out now, it doesn't matter. We'll see what happens…”

Mar🗹tin has the extremely difficult challenge of fighting against the factory Ducati riders, who are equipped with MotoGP’s best bike.

“I'm not so convinced that 𒐪I can succeed ෴with Aprilia,” he admitted.

ꦫ“I am convinced that we are going to give our 100% and I have no expectations, because I have to see that, I have to see how t🐎he bike is.

“The bike, [last] year, they finished third in Constructors, it h🍃as not been the best bike and, from there, it is about trying to improve.

“I think I can contribute a lot to the new factory, I can coꦬntribute [consistency], speed.

“But it is clear, what we have all seen, that there are races [in which they were 15th]. So, there is s꧃omething.

“We have to see where💝 we are starting from and, from there, that the factory is 100%. I beli🎃eve that the warmth of the entire factory and the heart that they put into it will help me and we will be able to do beautiful things, for sure.”