For the rest of the season, Monster\u2019s green claw logo will feature prominently on the factory RS-GPs raced by Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> and Jorge Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n It marks a major development for Aprilia, having previously raced without a title sponsor since it became a standalone factory entrant in 2022.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n But the step has had consequences for Jorge Martin, who will be leaving Aprilia at the end of the season to join Yamaha.<\/p>\n Martin ends 15-year Red Bull association<\/p>\n Martin has been a Red Bull athlete for his entire grand prix career, with that backing displayed proudly on his crash helmet up to the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n His is a similar situation to Marc Marquez\u2019s at the factory Ducati team, who had to end his association with Red Bull when he joined the team in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cAny financial improvement that can add value to the team ultimately translates into upgrades and developments,\u201d Martin is reported by Motorsport as saying at Mugello.<\/p>\n \u201cFor my part, I\u2019ve been with Red Bull for 15 years and I\u2019ll always be grateful for the opportunity they gave me to jump into Rookies Cup.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s something I haven\u2019t been able to control.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt\u2019s over for now. I don\u2019t know if we can get back together someday, but as of today we\u2019re not together anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n Monster is currently Yamaha\u2019s factory team title sponsor, though it remains to be seen if that will change given the energy drink brand\u2019s new deal with Aprilia.<\/p>\n In lieu of Red Bull branding on his crash helmet, Martin will use the space to promote a new restaurant he is opening in Madrid this year, called Kumo.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Martin ended the Italian Grand Prix in second behind Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, whose championship lead has extended to 17 points over the Spaniard.<\/p>\n Aprilia also now leads the manufacturers\u2019 championship by 30 points over Ducati.<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Martin has opened up on ending his relationship with Red Bull, following Aprilia welcoming Monster Energy as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[10669,64,63,5744,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-710208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia-racing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jorge-martin","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jorge](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1320097_hires_1600x900.jpg\")
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