Ducati’s normal supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna says “it’s not an issue” to see Jorge Martin put the #1 on his Aprilia MotoGP bike as “on this case it’s only a quantity”.
Martin gained the 2024 title for Ducati on the Pramac squad final yr, however did so having already signed a manufacturing unit cope with Aprilia for the subsequent two years after being missed for a manufacturing unit seat on the Bologna-based marque.
At Aprilia’s launch occasion final week, Martin revealed the #1 plate on his RS-GP.
Talking at Ducati’s 2025 manufacturing unit crew launch occasion on Monday, Dall’Igna mentioned when requested about this: “It’s not an issue to have the primary on the bike or not.
“The issue is to win the championship and we did this final yr.
“That is crucial factor. So, the primary on this case is only a quantity and for certain I wish to have this on our bike.
“However the precedence is to win the championship.”
Ducati comes into the 2025 season with the strongest line-up on the grid, as six-time MotoGP title winner Marc Marquez joins double premier basic champion Francesco Bagnaia.
The pair pulled the wraps off of their 2025 colors at an occasion on the Madonna di Campiglio in Italy.
Ducati dominated the 2024 season, because it gained 19 of 20 grands prix and secured the constructors’ championship by 395 factors.
Looking forward to testing of its GP25, Dall’Igna famous that the bike was already at such a superb stage that there’s ‘no rush’ to throw developments at it.
“The goal is simple, for certain the trail that we have to comply with obtain this consequence is just not straightforward,” he added.
“However anyway, now we have a transparent concept in regards to the scenario. Plenty of issues to check. I feel now we have to remember the fact that final yr’s bike was, actually talking, fairly good.
“So, we don’t have any rush to placed on the brand new bike plenty of issues.
“So, now we have plenty of issues within the pocket and now we have to pick what’s the base for the beginning of the season.”
Dall’Igna famous that each Marquez and Bagnaia had the identical feedback in regards to the GP25 prototype on the Barcelona check final yr, however the marque gained’t be averse to going in several instructions for every of them if they should.
“Truthfully talking, the primary check in Barcelona, each of them gave us the identical touch upon the brand new evolution of the bike,” he mentioned.
“So, I’m fairly shocked about that but it surely’s not an actual drawback for us to comply with completely different paths if the riders ask us to do that.”
