Congratulations to Julián Simón’s whos strong performance and necessary race victory in slippery conditions at the British Grand Prix was appreciated by his boss Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’, he now excels 100 World Championship victories, during a very powerful career lasting four decades as a competitor and team owner.

It was an important moment for the Spanish boss and gladly coincided with the weekend on which the announcement was made that Aspar will ensue the step up into the higher class with Ducati next year.

Martínez ‘Aspar’ stated of the victories, “It’s incredible. In 1979 I began my career in a little town near Valencia and at that time all I wanted to do was ride motorcycles. I never imagined reaching this stage, with three teams in the World Championship and with 100 wins to my name. It’s like a dream for me and I want to thank all the riders who have contributed to this total of victories, as well as the sponsors, the mechanics and everyone who has helped me over the last 30 years.”

He also thanked Simón and added, “It was a very intelligent performance by Julián because he was really suffering as the track dried out. There were only 11 laps to go before the race got interrupted and I don’t know how he would have finished if it had stayed dry.”

On the 250cc clash which arrived with Mapfre Aspar competitor Álvaro Bautista lose out to championship opponent Hiroshi Aoyama again, Martínez replied, “At the beginning of the year no-one was talking about Aoyama and he has become the man to beat. He is having a great season all-round, he made a great start in the race here and built up a big lead, but Álvaro made a good comeback and was able to finish second, very close behind him. I’m very happy with the way Álvaro rode as the conditions were very tricky.”

Speaking in general about his World Championship futures, which will have representation in all three classes next season due to the freshly signed MotoGP contract with Ducati, Martínez cemented the long-term future of his staff structure.

“We have a base behind us of several years of hard work, with our riding school at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, our involvement in the Spanish national championship, in the 125cc Grand Prix class, in 250cc and now in MotoGP with our new project,” stated the past World Champion.

“Yes, things are difficult with the economy in general but our overall project has been running for years and years, growing step by step. Next year we want to keep fighting in 125cc, to have a winning team in Moto2 and get into the top ten in MotoGP in our first year.”