Bagnaia’s lead at the top of the championship was♔ reduced to 33 points after Martin won the sprint race at the Indian MotoGP.

Martin💝 has now won three races in a row to bring himself back into serious title contention.

Reigning champion Bagnaia was asked about Martin’s form, andౠ said: “Like always, when a rival finds momentum. He has found a solution with🅰in himself to push.

“We will♍ have, again, the same possibility to fight for a ౠwin.

“We know 🍎perfectly that we are one of the strongest.”

Bagnaia believes his terrifying incident at the Catalan MotoGP, where he highsided and was then struck by Brad Binder, is part of the reas𓃲on for conceding momentumไ.

“But we had the incident in Barcelona, which was big,”🦹 he said.

“Right now, Jorge is doing a good job.

“Three weekends that we’ve lost points.

“We have to be calm. To un🌸derstand ꦓthe situation, and to not be frustrated.

“I didn’t have ꧒the speed of Martin [on Saturday]. Consider the consistency, the championship is long and we know our potential.”

Bagnaia finished second i🐻n the sprint race behind Martin.

“Happy overall with the result. Bez a💞nd Martin were too fast,”🌺 he said,

“We have to find a solution, we already know whe🦋re the proble✅m is.”

Martin, however, insisted h🍎e wasn’t even riding to the limit.

“I sta🐽rted super good, I put a🏅 great pace on the track,” Martin said.

“I tried to be smooth and ওnot make mistakes, and to understand th🎶e tyres.

“We got good information for [Sunday].

“I’m proud of my team. So happy🤪 and confident for tomorrow.

“I didn’t need to be 100% toda🍎y, I tried to conserve a bit. I was trying to understand the conditions.

“[The title fight] is open. I feel bette🐲r than I’m used to feeling𝓀 in the middle of the season.”