Jorge Martin admits “ghosts on my mind” in Indonesian MotoGP

"I got revenge!"

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

MotoGP champi🙈onship leader Jorge Martin says previous crashes at the Indonesian Grand Prix ☂left him with “some ghosts on my mind” on his way to victory on Sunday.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2024 MotoGP Indonesian GP race results

The Pramac rider crashed out of a commanding lead in the 2023 Indonesian GP, while on Saturday this year he fell from first on the opening lap of the 🐬sprint.

Leading from pole on Sunday for the 27-lap grand prix, Martin “got revenge” on the Mandalika circuit to score his thi🌜rd main race win of the season.

Speaking af꧑ter the race, Martin ꦦsays the memories of previous crashes weighed on his mind midway through the grand prix. 

“Yeah, I got revenge from Mandalika,” Martin𒉰, who has grown his championship lead agꦅain, said.

“After last season’s cr🌱ash, today was a difficult ra▨ce, and after yesterday’s crash also.

“After 13 laps I had s𝓀ome ghosts on my mind in corn💫er 11, and then every lap in corner 16.

“I was trying to be really careful. We had a lot of wind from the side in that�ಞ� part.

“I was struggling to turn, it was like if I was riding a scooter. I know I was losing a lot in tha💝t part to Acosta, but I was thinkingℱ ‘Ok, if I lose here I push in other parts’.

“So, I think I was really careful understanding the situa♚tion at the start of the race and then trying to push 𒁏a bit more every lap.

“Acosta was incredible, he was pushing. Eve﷽n the laps that I was trying to mꦡake a gap, he was staying at under one second.

“So, for sure he is strong and I’m happy I♏ performed really good.”

Martin had pressure from Tech3’s Pedro Acosta in the first half of the race, with his lead coming down to under eight tenths at one ℱstage.

The Pramac rider eventually took the chequered f🥂lag 1.4s clear, though it did swell to well over two seconds before Martin backed off on the final lap.

“I mean, I tried to be calm always,” he added.

“I tried to be my best ver🅷sion, and even if the rider behind 🍌is one tenth or eight, it’s important to do the same things.

“I didn’t try to c❀hange or push more or less. I was at my maximum, so it was Pedro who was catching and m🍌aking mistakes.

“I was trying to do always the same thing. This is t🃏he way 💦I try to perform to be better.”

Martin’s championship lead is provisionally at 21 points, though an impending tyre pre✤ssure investigation could demote Acosta out of second and promote Franceꦬsco Bagnaia.

This would see Martin’s championship lead 𝔍shrink to 17 points over Bagnaia. 

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