Jorge Martin seeking gigantic pay-rise for factory Ducati promotion
“He wants to be respected with aꦅ fact꧋ory contract, and paid like a factory rider"

Jorge Mar✃tin will hope his earnings explod✱e if he is promoted into Ducati’s official team.
Pramac rider Martin started this calendar year by warning Ducati he will quit the m⛎anufacturer unless he is promoted in 2025.
Martin was overl♕⛄ooked in favour of Enea Bastianini for the 2024 ride then, at the final round of last season, missed out on the championship which meant missing out on an automatic promotion to wear red.
Martin may ride iden🍰tical machinery to Francesco Bagnaia while riding for Pramac but the crucial difference has been pointed out.
“All🐽 he needs is the factory bike,” Ne♒il Hodgson said about Martin on TNT Sports.
“He꧟ wants to be respected with a factoꦑry contract, and paid like a factory rider.
“If he signs a factory contract to be in the factory team, his salary will be four times what he’s being paid this year. Soꦦ that’s what he wants.
“He🧸’s a꧙n immaculate sort of rider, the full package.
“He can win from the front, he’s a🃏n aggressive rider, he can do a fast lap time on his own, when needed. He doesn’t 🍷need to follow people.”
Martin leads the MotoGP standings after four rounds. He is ಞ17 points clear of reigning champion Bagnaia.
Bagnaia’s salary has been estimated at €7m (£6m) 🐲per year, since he signe🔜d a new Ducati deal tying him to the manufacturer until the end of 2026.
But his earni🍸ngs could exceed €10m (£8.5m) factoring in possible bo✤nuses.
Martin, as a satellite rider, is compensated by far less despitꦆe benefiting from a factory-spec bike.
Both riders, however, are pocketing far less than Fabio Quartararo. The Yamaha rider reportedly now earns €12m per year after signing a new 🍌contract, making him MotoGP’s highest-earner.

James was a sports jo༺urnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyt♏hing from American sports, to football, to F1.