Jorge Martin becomes the 30th different premier class World Champion and only the fifth different Spanish rider to clinch a premier class world title along with Alex Criville (one premier class title), Joan Mir (1), Jorge Lorenzo (3) and Marc Marquez (6).
Martin is the first Independent Team rider to win the Championship in the MotoGP era and the first Independent rider to clinch the premier class title since Valentino Rossi in 2001.
Martin becomes the third Ducati rider to clinch the MotoGP title along with Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Casey Stoner (2007).
Martin becomes the second rider to clinch the premier class world title having previously taken the Moto3 title, along with Joan Mir (2020).
Martin becomes the first former Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup winner to clinch the premier class world title.
In the MotoGP era, this is the fifth time the Champion is not the rider with the most wins, after Nicky Hayden (2006), Jorge Lorenzo (2012), Marc Marquez (2013 and 2017, tied with Andrea Dovizioso) and Joan Mir (2020).
With eight premier class wins, all with Ducati, Martin sits in fourth on the list of Ducati riders with most wins. Bagnaia leads with 29 wins.
With 32 premier class podiums so far, Martin is the fourth Ducati rider with most podiums in the class behind Andrea Dovizioso (40) and Casey Stoner (42). Francesco Bagnaia leads with 51.
Martin has 16 GP podiums this year, tied with Bagnaia, which is a new record for a Ducati rider. The previous most was Bagnaia’s 15 last season.
Aged 26 years and 293 days old, Martin is the oldest rider to clinch his maiden MotoGP world title since the introduction of the class in 2002, Bagnaia in 2022 (25 years and 296 days old).
Martin is the first rider to reach the milestone of 500 points in a single premier class season: 508.
