The cancellation of MotoGP activities at Qatar this weekend means all-eyes will be on the Moto2 World Championship, whic🍌h has also taken over the night-time start scheduled for the premier-class.

Moto2 🧜will thus literally be under the spotlight at Losail, with the Triumph-powered class receiving added attention and TV time normally reserved for MotoGP.

One of those tipped to impress is Jorge Martin, who admits there will b🍌e more pressure on the Moto2 riders as they seek to ma𝓀ke the most of their brief 'main event' status.

"I’m really looking forward to start the Qatar Grand Prix. It will be a strange weekend without MotoGP, as that p♌uts the pressure on the Moto2 riders a bit more and even increases our desire to perform well," said Martiಌn.

The Spaniard will be starting his second Moto2 season at the Red Bull KTM Ajo team, which has retained the 'KTM' nᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚame despite the Austrian ꦏfactory's withdraw.

Martin - who took two podiums in the closing rounds of an inju♒ry interrupted-rookie Moto2 campaign, spent alongside Brad Binder - was the top Kalex rider and second overall (+0.135s𒐪) to Speed Up's Jorge Navarro at the end of pre-season testing.

But the former Moto3 champion believes more set-up work is needed bꦿefore he can ⛎be fully confident of fighting for victory on Sunday.

"During the tests we demonstrated that we are competitive. We’re ready and it’s good that the sessions are at night [after moving to the MotoGP time slots], because we were mo꧟re competitive at that time of the evening," he said. "If we can improve our feeling with the front end, we can fight for victory."

Martin explained: "I am still missing some feeling in the front as the bike is very sensitive, especially with tem🦹perature changes. We must keep working hard and understanding better the bike ꦚin order to find the right setting that allows me to get the best from the bike.

"The year is so long and the goal is to improve on a daily basis to end the year fighting for the ch𓃲ampionship’.

New team-mate Tetsuta Nagash𝓀ima was 18th fastest ꦍand the final rider within one-second of Navarro at the end of testing. The Japanese will be seeking his first grand prix podiums this season.

“My goal for the first race of the year is 𒆙to fight for the t🀅op positions," he said. "Qatar is not one of my favourite circuits; however, in the test last week my feeling there was very positive.

"This could be a good season for me, since I feel more comfortable on the bike every day. In addition, the team are working hard and we are getting al📖ong well. Now is the time to do ou🐻r best and I am sure that great results will come.”