Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia's team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that's when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that he had been discarded to wear the red overalls.
Aprilia rushed and made an improvised video to anticipate the announcement from Ducati and Marquez, which came days later. Some saw that as a masterful move by the communication department of the Noale factory, even though no one missed that it was Ducati which always had the upper hand, and which got what it wanted.
