Martin 🌼won nine sprint races compared to Bagn♏aia’s four, however, when it came to the grand prix on Sunday, Bagnaia finished the season with a 7-4 record over the Pramac rider.

Bagn🍨aia’s consistency, along with his ability to find enough pace on Sunday to be competitive in every race, proved too much for Martin in thไe end.

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Recapping his season, Bagnaia told MotoGP.com: “It was a🦄 long journey this season. Also mentally it it was ver𝄹y demanding. I think it has been fantastic for everything we did. 

“We started in the best way possible apar𓄧t from Argentina and Austin where I crashed. But the second part of the season,🌃 after Barcelona, I started to struggle a bit more. 

“This was one the hardes🌼t, toughest moments of my career. The day after Barcelona I was destroyed, completely. 

“I couldn’t even move from the bed. It wasn’t easy but we pushed a lot on the mental side and one thing we didn’t want to do was share too much to the media and the people b⛎ecause the people can’t always understand everything. I didn’t want to have any excuses.”

Martin’s ti🉐tle charge began to pick up real steam at the same time that Bagnaia suffered his brutal injury in Catalunya.

But despite injuries to his leꦓg, Bagnaia produced some of his best performances and results of the year in the following races, which a🐬gain proved pivotal in his title campaign. 

Speaking about the second half of the season, Bagnaia added: 🅰“From that moment Jorge became super fast. He demonstrated that in some moments he was the fastest and in the sprint races he was🍷 very strong. 

“The sprint races are about being the fastest, but to win on Sunday is about being the strongest. We also showed that we were ꦅthe strongest.”