Maꦅrtin claim🐼ed his fifth consecutive sprint win and although it turned into a managed , confident affair out front, the Prima Pramac Ducati rider had initial pressure from Luca Marini , with Brad Binder attempting to chase him down late on in the MotoGP sprint.

Fortuna⛦tely for the Spaniard he had gapped the pack and could manage his gap back to Binder.

Martin revealed he had ✨trouble judging his tyre choice as he had spent all the weekend to that point on old rubber:

“It was difficult for꧂ me to understand, how it was going to be, the sprint, because I was always with really used tyres. I saw the pace of maybe, Fabio, Bezzecchi or even Pecco that were fast with the new tyre.

I expected ⛎more grip in the last five, six laps, I think I used a bit too much in the beginning …but tomorrow we need to be more calm on the first laps and try to keep a good tyre foꦫr the end”.

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Thoughts t💫hen turned to what tyre to use in Sunday’s main event and who he expects to be challenged by after the MotoGP sprint result:

“It is difficult to kno𒀰w, I was really competitive … I think it is difficult to race with the medium, it’s quite soft so we need to understand in warm up.

I’m in a position where I have to take risks and today I took it - when Brad won second I had to push a bit more and maybe I crash,ไ maybe not, I try to be on the track and be safe ‘til the end.

Was close, but I think Luca kn💯ew I was going to go for firsওt position so he broke a bit earlier and I could make a good first corner and then just focus on trying to make the gap bigger.

I hope that by being relaxed I can make tha🐼t gap but if not maybe I need to be happy with second or happy with third, I saw Brad was coming really fast, I think Pecco will improꦡve and Bezzecchi was strong so let’s see”.

Last time out in Australia tyres had proved crucial in the main race, wi💮th Martin’s softer compound gamble on the grid not paying off. That saw his #89 bℱike hunted down to eventually finish fifth behind eventual winner Johann Zarco, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Binder.