MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin Credits Rookies Cup – Road Racing World Magazine

George Martin leads a clean sweep for the former Rookies World Championship.

Seeing George Martin win the 2024 MotoGP World Championship was a special treat for everyone involved in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The 26-year-old Spaniard has always acknowledged the crucial role the trophy played in his World Championship success.

(As Martin said during the post-race press conference following the 2024 MotoGP finale in Catalunya) “Without the Red Bull Rookies Cup, I wouldn’t be here. This, I can assure you. Because we were a normal family, not that we were poor, but normal. So when I first went to the Rookies Cup, I was very young, I had never tried a 125, but I was fast. You are young, come back after one year, they said.

“I came (back) and I was the fastest. So thanks to that advice I was improving and it was very emotional when they took me because if they hadn’t chosen me then I think I would have left motorcycles.

“I am very happy, I remember Raul Jara was the coach at that time, I am very proud, they gave me the opportunity. I was three years into the Rookies Cup and I finally won it so it was a very important moment in my career.

Working hard in every way

Martin finished 12th in his first Rookies Cup season. In the year He stepped up in 2013, won 2 races and was 2nd in the points table. 2014 was his year and he dominated with 6 wins to lift the trophy.

The following year he was promoted to the Moto3 World Championship but was less than a magnificent machine. Success has never been quick for him, but in 2017 he took full advantage of the best opportunity and his hard work won his first GP and placed 4th in the title chase.

In the year In 2018 he was unstoppable, 7 wins took him to the Moto3 World Championship.

Two years in the Moto2 class produced 2 more GP wins but not the championship.

Taking the big guns

Promoted to the MotoGP class in 2021, he recovered from a devastating injury and scored a victory in his first season. 2022 was not an easy year either but he came very close to winning the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, giving it his all and missing out on the final lap.

He’s put it all together this year, matching incredible speed with title-winning consistency.

Ten years of Moto3 and MotoGP world titles, 18 GP victories and a total of 60 podiums in the three world championship divisions.

Martin is one of three world champions… or four

Martin is the most successful ex-rookie yet with an impressive total of 18 GP wins this year on his way to taking the Moto3 World Championship from David Alonso. The 18-year-old Colombian

The Moto2 World Championship was also won by former rookie, 23-year-old Japanese Ai Ogura. In the year In his second year competing in the Rookies Cup in 2016 and 2017, he won two races and lost 4 races, finishing 5th in points.

28-year-old Turkish Torak Razgatlioglu won the Superbike World Cup for the second time, making it four world titles. In the year He was a rookie in 2013 and 2014 and won the Superbike World Championship for the first time in 2021. He dominated this year with 13 consecutive race wins.