The year 2025 promises to be challenging and, objectively, a year where ‘excuses end’ as Massimo Rivola has said, since the Noale-based manufacturer will have two winning and highly qualified riders to give their best for the future team. And although he clarified that a period of adaptation is needed on the part of the new duo, the executive recalled the case of Pedro Acosta and how difficult it is to change certain habits when switching bikes.
Jorge Martín and Marco Bezzecchi will wear the colors of the Noale-based team, and in this new phase for the Italian team that is approaching, the manufacturer’s CEO recalled the case of this year’s only rookie, to demonstrate how a strong rider has the ability to adapt.
As he told FormulaPassion and quoted by Motosan, Rivola recalled the case of Acosta to draw a parallel, about the difficulties he expects from the future new duo: ‘It’s true that when a rider moves up to a bike, except in the case of Acosta now and perhaps of Martín when he entered MotoGP, they have already ‘absorbed’ certain sensations and therefore it’s much more difficult to adapt to a new bike’.
With his thoughts on Martín, one of the biggest protagonists of the last two seasons, the executive expressed confidence that the Spaniard’s adaptation will be quick: ‘That said, when a rider is strong, they stand out immediately. Of course, it’s also true that you need to know what the rider needs to go fast and vice versa, what he feels he needs from the bike to go fast’.
Rivola believes that both Martín and Bezzecchi will focus on what really matters and that everything will go well: ‘As for the mentality, no, I don’t think they bring a different mentality. But certainly having them on board will be a great motivation for us’.
