MotoGP champio🐲nship leader Jorge Martin says Friday practi𓄧ce at the Japanese Grand Prix was “complicated” because he was “having some issues with the bike trying to do everything”.

The Pramac rider featured prominently on the timesheets in both sessions at Motegi on Friday, with Martin second in the damp F🌄P1 and third overall at the end of second practice.

However, Martin says he was “struggling a lot” with the front feeling on GP24 Ducati andಞ seemingly tyre wear as well over his long runs.

“Well, was a strange day because of the🐓 weather forecast,” he said.

“After the morning with the slicks and🌊 these rain drop♋s was difficult.

“Then this afternoon 🎃was actually more complicated than expected.

“I started quite🥀 well but then was having some issues with the bike tryiღng to do everything.

“I wa𝓡s struggling a lot with the front feeling, and al❀so the rear was dropping a lot.

“So, we need to work quite hard for maybe not tomorrow, because it seems like it will r෴ain. But for Sunday, we need to make a big st🐟ep.”

Martin says he tried a different set-up to normal on Friday as he tried to improve braking performance at t✱he stop-and-go Motegi layout.

But this didn’t y𒊎ield the gains he’d hoped and says he will likely r♒eturn to his “standard” settings for the rest of the weekend.

“I think we d༒idn’t find what I’m looking for,” he said.

“We were working on trying to be a bit more competitive o▨n braking because here it’s important.

“ꦏBut I wasn’t fee💃ling really good in cornering and in the middle of the corner.

“I think we will go back to a standard [setting], which is a set-up that norm🀅ally works, and from that point we will try to work in another way.”

Pramac team-mate Franco Morbidelli will face Q1 in qualifying on Sa💝turday morning after ending Friday 13th fastest.