Jorge Martin did not win as many races as final 12 months however upped his season rating by 80 factors – in contrast with a 31-point rise for Francesco Bagnaia – to beat the reigning champion to the 2024 MotoGP crown.
Martin took ten wins this 12 months, in Sprints and GPs, versus 13 victories final season.
Though the Pramac rider solely had one fewer non-score than a 12 months in the past (5 vs 4), Martin crucially completed on the high-scoring Sunday podium 16 instances in 20 rounds.
That’s double the variety of Grand Prix podiums he managed throughout 2023 when he missed out on the title to Bagnaia within the last spherical.
Amongst these impressed by Martin’s turnaround in consistency was rookie star Pedro Acosta.
“He deserves [the MotoGP title]. He made an excellent massive step in comparison with final season,” stated the GASGAS Tech3 rider, whose personal season was blighted by 13 non-scores.
“Possibly he didn’t win races like earlier than, however he was f**king fixed!”
“The consistency that I misplaced, he gained!” Acosta joked.
“He was tremendous calm. He was not making errors, not shedding time. He actually deserved it.”
Unsurprisingly, Martin’s mentality was among the many attributes Acosta sought to study from this season.
“From the start of the season, I used to be actually centered on attempting to grasp how the MotoGP class is,” he stated.
“We all know how briskly Marc is. We see how massive a step mentally Martin makes. We noticed how Bastianini got here again. We noticed how Maverick with the Aprilia had some [amazing] races that I do not know if [even] they understood.”
“We made quite a lot of errors but in addition had some tremendous good races, coming again, preventing with the Ducatis. Combating with guys which have quite a lot of expertise. For this, we have to be more than pleased.”
Acosta misplaced fifth on the planet championship to 2025 Crimson Bull KTM team-mate Marc Marquez whereas battling braking points on the Barcelona finale.
Martin and Acosta have the identical supervisor, Albert Valera.
