The Pramac rider came into the Valencia Grand Prix finale on Sunday trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points, but crashed out on lap six while battling with Marc Marquez.
This handed the championship to Bagnaia, who would go on to win the race.
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Ahead of the grand prix, Autosport revealed that Ducati would promote Martin to the factory team automatically if he won the championship.
This now looks unlikely, but Martin thinks he has already done enough to prove his worth for this chance – and if Ducati hasn’t already seen this, it never will.
“I don’t think so,” he replied when asked by Autosport if he felt a factory team move was likely for next year now.
“I’m happy where I am. I think even if I won today, it’s no sense [to move me up] because if you win you are in the best team and we are in the best team.
“I think, sincerely speaking, if I didn’t show yet my potential for them to be in red, I will never be in red because making more than this is quite complicated.
“And arriving into the last race, finishing second, I think if they didn’t put me there, they won’t put me anyway.”
Source: Autosport