Jorge Martin: “Something is not right” | “Didn’t realise Bastianini crashed”

Jorge Martin: "For sure some🌌thing is not right and we need to solve it for tomor🔯row.”

Jorge Martin, 2024 Italian MotoGP
Jorge Martin, 2024 Italian MotoGP

MotoGP title leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin failed to score points in a Sprint race༺ for the first time at Mugello on Saturday.

The Pramac Ducati rider, on the po🐲dium in 5 of the 6 Saturday races this season, blotted his copybook by crashing out of third on lap 8 of 11.

But he felt it was far from a normal accident and that 'somethi🎃ng is not right'.

“It was a difficult day overall from the morning. I could do this fast ✱lap [for pole] but we✅ are far away from the top pace,” Martin told MotoGP.com

“In the Sprint I had the podium under control but I just missed a lot of front grip, after three laps I felt like the tyre is really, really us🎀ed.

“It's a really strange feeling, but it is what it is. We need to understand why [and] make for sure a big change 🦂on the front because if not tomorrow will be difficult.

“In the 🦹crash, I braked a bit earlier than the lap before. I was even slower trying to be calm on that corner because the lap before I went wide.

“And even then I crashed,ও so for sure something is not right and we need to solve it for tomorrow.”

Martin had earlier esca♎ped punishment when a re-pass on Enea Bastianini for second place at the same Turn 1 saw contact that left the factory Ducati rider, whose seat Martin i♛s tipped to take over in 2025, down and out.

The FIM Stewards judged it as a racing incident.

“He overtook me, went wide and I closed t🎃he line. I didn't see him at all,” Martin ✃said.

“I think it was really, really close but he was🗹 wide, so that's why I w🐼ent on the inside.

“I didn't even realise thatಞ he crashed. I just watched it on the television.”

Bastianini, tipped to lose his factory♋ seat to Martin next season, said: 🅠;

"When I saw that Jorge (Mart🌼in) was riding a bit on the limit, I tried to overtake him and we went a bit wide, then he dove in and that’s 🐠when the coming together took place. 

"Unfortunately, the race ended too soon and it’s a shame because we had what it takes to do well. I think the incident could have been avoided, but what matters is ꦬthat we focus on tomorrow knowing we have the pace to do well."

Martin heads into S🐟unday’s grand prix with a reduced 27-point advantage over reigning champion and Sprint winner Francesco Bagnaia, with Gresini’s Marc Marquez closing to 32 points behind.

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