Jorge Martin: Mandalika MotoGP sprint crash “difficult to understand”, wants to check track

Championship lea✱der can’t explain costly sprint 📖crash

Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati, Indonesia MotoGP 2024
Jorge Martin, Pramac Ducati, Indonesia MotoGP 2024
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Jorge Martin says his crash out of the lead of the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix sp🍨rint is “difficult to understand” and wants to check if there was an issue with the corner he fell at.

The Pramac rider dominated qualifying with a new lap record to claim pole for this weekend’s races at Mandalika, and was topped to break away at the front of the pack 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:in the 13-lap sprint.

Having gotten his lead up to four tenths already come the end of the first lap, Martin then fell at Turn 16, which let F⛄rancesco Bagnaia take over at the front and take a crucial victory.

Ma꧅rtin remounted to finish out of the points in 1🍒0th, with his championship lead now down from 24 to 12 after Saturday’s sprint race.

“Well, you can see I crashed,” he sai💎d when asked by wuqian0821.com for explanation.

“Difficult to understand why I crashed. I looked in🃏to it and everything was normal.

“So, for sure something needs to change. I will take a lo♔ok into it deeper and understand to not make the same mistake tomorrow.”

The 2024 Michelin rear tyre has a tendency to pus🃏h the front more under braking due to the increased grip it offers, which 🐠has contributed to a number of crashes this season.

But M♔artin doesn’t believe this wa൩s the case for him on Saturday, adding: “I don’t feel I was on the limit.

“If this is the theory, qualifying could be much worse. I felt qualifying was ok and I felt eveꦯrything was good in the race.

“I crashed and I finished 10th overtaking 10 riders or more. So, for sure, 𝓰I had to change tꦐhe set-up to adapt to the tyres, but now the balance seems ok.

“I felt during the weekend♋ that everything was good and I was able to push stra🐲ight from the first lap.

“And during the race it seems I struggled to warm a bit the tyre𒊎. So, it’s a bit strange. But then afterwards it was working well.”

In the first half of the season, Maꩲrtin suffered a number of crashes that were later🐽 explained by him using a part on his GP24 the others did not.

This was changed after🔥 the German GP, when he crashed out of the lead, and says the feeling he had at Mandalika on Saturday was not similar.

He now wants to examine the penult🍸imate corner of the Indonesian venue because he feels a possible issue with the asphalt is the ca🍒use of his crash.

“I think on that 𓃲p🃏art of the track there is something strange,” he said.

“Already Simon [Crafar] told me two days ago and I’💟ve been really taking a look into that corner, trying to be careful.

“I even crashed this morningಞ, so I’m really taking care on that point. And I still crashed. So, for sure, the thing will be to do it a bit slowly and keep a bit of margin and then pu⛎sh in the rest of the track.

“I don’tꦍ feel I lose the 🎉front with the new aero, it feels really good.

“So, I just feel there’s some small part, I don’t know where, on that particular corner that is slippery because the rest o♌f the track is super grippy.

“So, it’s just that point. I will try to understand and take a🌼 look at theꦯ marks of my crash and go elsewhere.

“Maybe I will take a look and tomorrow in the warm-up I will look into itও. Also afterwar♒ds, everything went well going into that corner. So, it was just that particular lap.”

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