Jorge Martin: “Something is not right” | “Didn’t realise Bastianini crashed”

Jorge Martin: "For sure something is not right and we need to⛄ solve it for tomorrow.”

Jorge Martin, 2024 Italian MotoGP
Jorge Martin, 2024 Italian MotoGP

MotoGP title leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin failed to score points💙 in a Sprint race for the first time at Mugello on Saturday.

The Pramac Ducati rider, on th✅e podium in 5 of the 6 Saturday races this season, blotted his copybook b๊y crashing out of third on lap 8 of 11.

But he felt it was far from a normal accident and t❀hat 'something is not right'.

“It was a difficult day overall from ﷽the morning. I could do this fast lap [for pole] but we are far away from the top pace,” Martin told MotoGP.com

“In the Sprint I had the podium under control but I just missed a lot of front grip, after three laps I felt like the ꦛtyre is really, really used.

“It's a really strange fe♔eling, but it is what it is. We need to understand why [and] make🌠 for sure a big change on the front because if not tomorrow will be difficult.

“In the crash, I braked a bit earlier than the l🅺ap before. I was even slowerꦆ trying to be calm on that corner because the lap before I went wide.

“And even then I crashed, so for sure something is not right and we need to solve it for t♏omorrow💙.”

Martin had earlier escaped punishment when a re-pass on Enea Bastianini for sꦓecond placജe at the same Turn 1 saw contact that left the factory Ducati rider, whose seat Martin is tipped to take over in 2025, down and out.

The FIM Stewards judged it as a racing incident.

“He overtook me, went wide and I closed the line. I didn't see hi🐓m at all,” Martin said.

“I𒁏 think it was really, really close but he was wide, so that's why I went on the inside.

“I didn't even realise that he🌞 crashed. I just watched it ♑on the television.”

Bastianini, tipped to los♊e his factory seat to Martin next season, said: 

"When I saw that J🍸orge (Martin) was riding a bit on the limit, I tried to overtake him and we went a bit wide, then he dove in and that’s when the coming together took place. 

"༺Unfortunately, the race ended too soon and it’s a shame because we had what it takes to do well. I think the incident could have been avoide✅d, but what matters is that we focus on tomorrow knowing we have the pace to do well."

Martin heads into Sunday’s grand prix with a reduced 27-point advantage over reigning champion and Sprint winner Francesco Bag💜naia, with Gresini’s Marc Marquez closing to 32 points behind.

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