Jorge Martin: “I’d prefer to feel bad and get P4, than feel good and crash…”
“I started bad and tried to recover in the f🌳irst 🐈corners. This was a disaster."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin described꧅ the sprint in Barcelona as “a really bad day” despite maintaining a healthy lead in theꦓ championship.
Martin was restricted to fourth but, due to Pecco Bagnaia’s crash from the lead of the sprint on Saturday at the Catalunya MotoGP, his title lead was barely damaged.
It was reduced from 38 points from Bagnaia to 37 points 🥀to Marc Marque👍z.
“Difficult, really difficult,”ꦅ Martin bemoaned. “It was a really bad day. The feeling was really bad.
“I started bad and tried to recover in 📖the first corners. This was a disaster because I overheated the rear too much. It never recovered.
“After, I tried to make lap time with the front by entering�ꦅ� fast and turning. It didn’t work.
“Even on a bad day, I got fourtꦍh position. Maybe it wasn’t a real position because there were crashes but maybe this is because they pushed too🐬 much.”
Martin explained why his start was so bad: “I couldn’t try this set-up and this clutch. It was straight into th🧸e race. It was unpredictable, then a bad start.
“Tomorrow I w🅘iജll try to understand in the warm-up.”
Martiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn witnessed Raul Fernandez, Brad Binder and Bagnaia all crash out from the lead.
Did it make him more careful, with the𝓡 podium narrowly eluding himꦑ?
“I’d prefer to feel bad and to get fourth position🧸, 𓆏than feel good and crash,” he said.
“I saw the crashes and m𝔍y feeling was really bad, in that moment, so maybe I wasn’t the only one.
“I was losing the front in every corner.
“The pressure was okay. It was about temperature.
“Let’s try for a bette൲r start. I was 11th in the first corner.”
Despite emerging with his title𝐆 lead still strong, Martin was disappointed.
“My target is to be on th🧔e podium. Today we did not achieve my goal,” the Pramac Ducati rider said.
“We have potential for the podium📖 and the victory.
“I struggle behind riders. When I am stuck behind someone, I 𓃲strugg🌼le a lot.
“I don’t struggle at 🌱this track. Just in the sprint. I feel conf🐬ident that, with the medium, I can do a better job.”
Aleix Espargaro🌃 won the sprint ahead of Marquez and Pedro Acosta.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything༒ from American sports, to football, to F1.
