Jorge Martin: I didn’t expect to be this fast, amazing laps

Jorge Martin breaks the COTA lap record by half-a-seඣcon🐓d in Friday practice.

Jorge Martin, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April
Jorge Martin, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April

World championship leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin surprised himself with a new COTA lap record on day one of the 2024 Americas MotoGP.

The Pramac Ducati rider was saving energy for a long weekend at one of the most physical tracks on the calendar, but blasted 0.6s clear of the field afte𝄹r fitting new tyres in the closin🥂g stages of the afternoon hour.

Aprilia’s m💟orning leader Maverick Vinales later cut Martin’s advantage to just 0.076s but third place Marc Marquez was 0.409s adrift of the Pramac Ducati.

“I’m feeling good,” Martin said. 𝓰“For sure ⛄I didn’t expect to be this fast today because normally it’s a track that I struggle at.

“I was really smooth, trying to control my physical condition, because I want to keep some 🀅energy for Sunday. So I was🍒n’t pushing at 100%, but then when I did, I did some amazing laps.

“So I𝔉’m really happy. Tomorrow will be a challenging da๊y, people are super fast and will improve. So let’s try to improve also… I feel ready.”

Martin’s closest title rival Brad Binder fai🤡led to make the top ten and will need to take part in Qualifying 1.

Franco Morbidelli com💖pleted a strong day for Pramac with seventꦅh place as he continues to make up for lost testing time.

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