Jorge Martin details ‘shoulder down’ at Catalunya MotoGP that brought back memories of Jorge Lorenzo
The Pramac Racing rider delighted the cameras who caught him pulling off the sensational move, at the corner of the Barcelona circuit where 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Lorenzo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo had done similarly.
Asked if his technique was just to show-off, Martin smꦫiled: “If I do the corner perfectly on the ins♉ide-line, I just touch.
“But, for sure, I tried a bit! Because we all know that Corner 5 is quite funny so I tried a bit 🌃more!”
Pictures of Lorenzo and Quartararo doing the same on Corner 5 in previous years at tဣhe Catalunya MotoGP are below.
Martin was only 10th-fastest on Friday, an ominous sign as he tries to chase d𒉰own championship-leader Francesco Bagnaia, who was third-quickest.
“We tried🧜 many different tyres, I tried all of them, on either the froꦗnt or rear,” he explained.
“I expected better. In terms of pace I feel comfortable but in terms of time attack I struggled to use the rear grip. I had🌞 to manage the tyre a lot. It was complicated to put everything together.
💜“We were on the limit, one second from Aleix. S𝓀omething was not working well, we need to find out this evening to improve tomorrow.”
Martin suggested that tweaks to his Pramac were not ꦬbenefitting him: “At this point I feel like it’s something🐼 on the set-up. I don’t understand because I pushed harder than before.
“Asꦿ soon as I try the grip to accelerate, I don’t have grip. We lost in terms of time attack. But in the race, I am super strong.
“Maybe we need two set-ups, I don’t know. We need t💛o improve this weak point.
“If I want to finish the [time attack] with a good tyre, I have to manage it on Corner 3 and 4. If I use, and overheat on those laps, on the first lap of th🍸e tyre. I feel that something isn’t working well, I don’t know if it’s my bike or my style.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports ไfor a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
