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Martin ‘doesn’t see a reason’ to leave Ducati for MotoGP 2024

Jorge Martin has poured cold water on Yamaha MotoGP links for 2024, stating “I don’t see a reason” to leave Ducati next season.

The Pramac rider scored his first grand prix victory in two years last weekend at the German Grand Prix, when he beat world champion Francesco Bagnaia by just 0.064 seconds.

Martin is now just 16 points behind Bagnaia in the championship coming into this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.

Over the last few months, Martin’s future has been a topic of discussion as links to the factory Yamaha squad persisted.

Martin confirmed during the French GP weekend that he has a clause in his two-year Ducati deal that stipulated he could leave if a factory team offered him a contract.

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti said earlier in the year that he doubted Martin would leave the Italian brand’s stable, and told GPone.com last week that the Spaniard will be on a Pramac-run Ducati “as planned”.

Asked ahead of this weekend’s Dutch GP about his future, Martin said: “I’m happy where I am.

“I don’t see a reason to change. I have a factory bike, an amazing team that is pushing for me. I feel like 2024 should be the same.”

Source: Autosport

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