George Martin Comparing the 2026 Aprilia to the title-winning Ducati, Marco Bezecchin must be worried.

In the year In its first year of use in 2024, the prototype was designed by Innea Bastianini, Francesco Bagnaia and George Martin A total of 16 Grand Prix wins from 20 appearances.

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The legend of the GP24 stretches back to last year’s campaign, when Bagnaia was at the height of his struggle with its successor, the GP25.

It is reported that Ducati allowed the Bagnaia to use some old special parts At the 2025 Japanese GP, he seems to have stopped talking as he recorded a perfect weekend with pole position and two wins in the sprint and grand prix formats.

Jorge Martin says there isn’t a ‘huge difference’ between the Aprilia RS-GP26 and the Ducati GP24

During the media work at Le Mans before this weekend French Grand PrixMartin was asked for his thoughts on the differences between Ducati’s current range of bikes, the GP26. Aprilia.

The Knoll-based builder emerged with the fastest bike on the grid at the start of the season; Marco Bezecchi Controlling the Grand Prix proceedings Alex Marquez scored a convincing victory in Jerez last time.

Martin Verdict told reporters that there is not much difference between the two bikes this year. GPON“The truth is, I don’t think there is much difference between the two bikes.

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Then asked if he felt much difference between the Aprilia RS-GP26 and the title-winning Ducati GP24, he replied: “I feel they are different bikes, it’s different to ride them, but I don’t feel a big difference in terms of the time we do.”

With Martin’s injury-plagued 2025 campaign sidelined for most of last year’s tenure, it’s clear that the opening rounds of this season will involve a quick revival in his new factory.

Now that he’s built confidence in himself and the bike he rides, his decision to have the RS-GP26 share some similarities with the GP24 should certainly strike some fear into his Aprilia counterpart.

Martin sits 11 points behind his top-flight team-mate in the MotoGP standings, so the championship is still anyone’s play in the Aprilia camp.

Aprilia has been warned of a ‘difficult’ title fight between George Martin and Marco Bezecchi.

Of course, when two teammates battle it out in a championship battle, keeping both their riders happy will be a tough task for any team boss.

Just ask David Brivio, who has to step on eggshells The strained relationship of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi They caught Yamaha at the height of their most successful period in MotoGP.

MotoGP pundit Marco Melandri warned Massimo Rivola about the current task In the limits of the efforts of the Aprilia factory, on the hands, noting that it is necessary to find the right balance between the two competitors to avoid the cracks that occur.

It should be an amazing campaign for both of Aprilia’s star riders. The Italian constructor has not previously found himself in this position in the premier class, so it should be interesting to see how the team leaders handle it.