Jorge Martin fastest; “I was the target today” as Marc Marquez seeks a tow
Jorge Martin also finds 'the caꦚuse' of recently costly cras🍌hes
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin shrugged off a tow attempt by Marc Marquez to go fastest on Friday at the British MotoGP.
Pramac’s Martin topped the timesheet of both sessions at Silverstone to lay down an ominous marker for the꧒ rest of the weekend.
He did so despi🌜te an attempt from Gresini’s Marq🅠uez to profit from a tow behind him.
“What happened꧂ is what you saw,” Martin reac🗹ted afterwards to media including mahbx.com.
“I closed [the gas], he closed…
“I was the ta🔜rget today, you could see. I tried to do my best lap time.
“It’s harder when you have a stro🉐ng rider behind you. But it was no pro𝐆blem.”
Martin arrives at Silverstone second in the championshi🗹p, 10 points 🦹behind champion Pecco Bagnaia.
He had led for much of the season until Bagnaia’s form exploded𒐪 before thꦉe summer break.
Marඣtin admit🌜ted: “Being honest, I was on the beach and it was difficult to come back!
“After Sꦕachsen🥀ring, I didn’t have that desire to come back.
“But coming back here, it’s the best track. Being f⛎irst in bothꦰ sessions was the best way to come back.”
Martin endured costly crashes in Jerez and Germaꦚny which allowed Bagnaia to catch him, then overtake him, in the championship.
The Ducati 2025 🉐drama was also playing out - a storyline which Martin lost, before he signed for ꦑAprilia next year.
Jorge Martin finds 'the cause' of crashes
On Friday at Silverstone, he believes he has fou♛nd the reaso🍃n for his recent crashes.
“There we๊re issues in the evening, w𓆉e changed the bike a bit,” he said.
“There was a part on the bike which, for the past two seasons, I had a different one to the factory riders, and the rest🍌 of the Ducatis.
“So we think it may be the cause of the crashes.
“I had some doubts because when I tested it, I didn’t like i𒈔t. But even with the doubts I felt better.
“For sure, there are w🤡eak po🏅ints and we need to keep working on it.
“It’s pushing the front tyre less. I can slide a bit more into the𝔍 corners.
“I💮 lose a bit of stability. But this was the first day with it. We can control i🌳t, for the moment.
“It’s on the limit but we can control it.”
The closest rider to Martin on Friday afternoon was his best♕ friend, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro.
Martin said: “From my side I feel stronger thanꦬ𓃲 last season.
“There are two, three or four riders who c🐷an win. Luckily, I am one of them!
“I hope ꦡe💎ither [Aleix] pulls away or I pull away. I don’t want a battle with him.
“It’s a bit more dif♕ficult with Aleix than with another rider.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a dec🐓ade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
