Aprilia prod back at Ducati after ‘buy the #1’ jibe
Bosses at Ducati and Aprilia jostle back-and-forth over #1 pl♎ate

The fun and games between Ducati and Aprilia has started already.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin won the MotoGP championsh♌ip only last weekend riding for Pramac Ducati but so much has changed alread🦄y.
Martin has moved to Aprilia, who he tested for in Barcelona with an #89 branded bike because he hasn’t yet de꧒cided whether he will run the♏ #1 plate in 2025.
It means Ducati might see see their Italian rivals celebrate the reigning champion, despite him෴ winning on their bike.
“In the FIM book, it will be written ‘2024 champion, Jorge Maﷺrtin on a Ducati bike’,” Ducati teamඣ boss Davide Tardozzi told TNT Sports.
“If Aprilia buy this #1, we will see if theඣy are able to carry it on…🦩”
Aprilia CEO Massimo Rℱivola laughed in response: “I think we spent less than them for that number!”
Tardozzi: 'I don't know what opponents will do'
Martin - and, indeed, the entire Pramac tea♈m - have left Ducati since they won the MotoGP title in Barcelona.
But the manufacturer themselves will cꦏling onto their domination despite factory star Pecco Bagnaia conceding the title to satellite✨ rival Martin.
Tardozzi toꦅld TNT Sports in Barcelona: “What 🦋a year for Ducati - because Pramac is a Ducati team.
“We have seven people working there❀, for o༺ur factory rider. “Because Jorge is our factory rider.
“It’s🐭 true that he won less than Pecco but he got a huge amount of podiums so he deserves to lead the ♒championship.”
Ducati will welcome Marc Marquez, who tested the GP25 at the postseason tes𝄹t, next year.
But Tardozzi will keep an e൲ye on the progress of Aprilia who, after Ducati picked Marquez, were able to recruit Martin and༺ Marco Bezzecchi.
♑Tardozzi warned: “Next year we have a fantastic team.
“The 2025 bike will be d💜eveloped over the winter in a good🤡 way.
“But I ♒don’t know what the opponents will do. We think we have an improvement from 2024 to 2025.
“But I don’t know how big the improvement of the others will be, especially Aprilia who have a fanꦇtastic duo ♕- Martin and Marco Bezzecchi - and a new technical director.”

James was a sports journalist at Sk🐲y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.