Jorge Martin title dream ends in crash with Marc Marquez at Valencia MotoGP

Jorge Martin's championship hope ended as he clattered into Marc Marquez, bring both of their races to a conclusion, at the Valencia MotoGP.
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Martin's r🀅etirement from the race meant he can no longer usurp Francesco Bagnaia at the summit of the MotoGP standings﷽.

A desparate Martin clipped the back of Marquez, and sent the Honda rider violently flying through the air and landing on hi❀s upper-body in the gravel.

Martin also slid out of the race. He was applauded into his Pramac box but emotionallyꦅ broke down into tears.

Marquez got back to his feet but walked⭕ gingerly, with assistꦗance, to his garage.

Martin's race began aggressively as he flew from sixth to second, behind only Franceꦗsco Bagnaia.

But an error, as he got caught in Bagnaia'🦹s slipstream, sent him back down to eighth.

Shortly after, his race had ended.

Martin, who won Saturday's sprint to reduce t𒐪he title deficit to 14 points before Sunday's grand prix, knew that he was always the underdog to become champion.

He needed to win t▨he Valencia MotoGP an🧔d hope Bagnaia finished sixth or lower in order to walk away as champion.

The incident that ended Martin's championship dream also ended the Honda care⛄er of Marquez.

Marquez was competing for the final time for Honda before joining Gresini Ducat෴i, but his final result ended in the gravel.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fr𓆉om American sports, to football, to F1.

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