Jorge Martin: Mandalika MotoGP sprint crash “difficult to understand”, wants to check track
Championship l🅺eader can’t explain ෴costly sprint crash

Jorge Martin s൩ays his crash out of the lead of the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix sprint is “difficult to understand” and wants to check if there was an issue with the corner he ꦏfell at.
The Pramac rider dominated qualifying with a new lap record to claim pole for this weekend’s races at Mandalika, and was topped to break away at the front of the pack 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:in the 13-lap sprint.
Having gotten his lead up to four tenths already come the end of the first la🐟p, Martin then fell💯 at Turn 16, which let Francesco Bagnaia take over at the front and take a crucial victory.
Maᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrtin remounted to finish out of the points in 10th, with his championship lead now down from 24 to 12 after Saturday’s sprint race.
“Well, you c♏an see I crashed,” he said 🐻when asked by mahbx.com for explanation.
“Difficult to understand why I crashed. ꧒I looked into it and everything was normal.
“So, for sure somethinꦐg needs to change. I will take a look into it deeper and understand to not make the saಞme mistake tomorrow.”
The 2024 Michelin rear tyre has a tendenꦿcy to push the front more under braking due to the increased grip🌊 it offers, which has contributed to a number of crashes this season.
But Mar⛦tin doesn’t believe this was the case for him on Saturday, adding: “I don’t feel💯 I was on the limit.
“If this is the theory, qualiܫfying could be much worse. I felt qualifying was ok and I felt everything was good in the race.
“Iꦆ crashed and I finished 10th overtaking 10 riders or more. So, for sure, I had to change t🌠he set-up to adapt to the tyres, but now the balance seems ok.
“I felt during the weekend that eve💟rything was good and I was able to push straight from the first lap.
“And during the race it seems I struggled to warm a bit the tyre. So, it’s a bit s♏trange. But ♌then afterwards it was working well.”
In the first half of the season, Martin suffered a number of crashes that were later explained by him using a part✱ on his GP24 the others did not.
This was changed after the German GP, when he crashed out of th꧑e lead, and says the feeling he had at Mandalika on Saturday was not similar.
He now wants to examine the penultimat𓆏e corner of the Indonesian venue because he feels a possible issue with the asphalt is the cause of his crash.
“I think on that part of the track there is something strange,” he sa🃏id.
“Already Simon [Crafa🎃r] told me two days ago and I’ve been really taking a look into that corner, trying to be careful.
“I even 𝓀crashed this morning, so I’m really taking care on that point. And I still crashed. So, for 🦂sure, the thing will be to do it a bit slowly and keep a bit of margin and then push in the rest of the track.
“I don’t feel I lose the front with the new aero, it f♈eels really good.
“So, I just feel there’s some small part, I don’t know where, on that particu🎃lar corner that is slippery because the rest of the track is super grippy.
“So, it’s just that point. I will try to understand and take a look at the marks of m𝔉y crash and go elsewh✤ere.
“Maybe ꧂I will take a look and tomorrow in the warm-up I will look into it. Also afterwards, everything 🙈went well going into that corner. So, it was just that particular lap.”
