Pedro Acosta: Martin made ‘super big step, deserved MotoGP title’

"Maybe he didn’t win races like before, but he was f**kﷺing constant!”

Jorge Martin, Pedro Acosta
Jorge Martin, Pedro Acosta

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin didn't win as many races as last year but upped his season score by 80 points - compared with a 31-point rise for Francesco Bagnaia - to beat the reigning champion to the 2024 MotoGP crown.

Martin took ten wins this year, 🉐in Sprints and GPs, versus 13 victories last season.

Although the Pramac rider only had one fewer non-score than a year ago (5 vs 4), Martin crucially finished on the high-scoring Sunday poꦍdium 16 times in 20 rounds.

That’s double the numඣber of Grand Prix podiums he managed d🌊uring 2023 when he missed out on the title to Bagnaia in the final round.

Among those impressed by Martin’s turnar𒐪ound in consistency was rookie star Pedro Acost𝓀a.

ꦉ“He deserves [the MotoGP title]. He made a super big step compared to last season," said the GASGAS Tech3 rider, whose own season was♛ blighted by 13 non-scores.

"Maybe 💯he didn’t win races like befဣore, but he was f**king constant!”

“The consistency that I lost, he gained!” Acosta joked.&꧙nbsp;

“He was super calm. He was not making ꦕmistakes, not losing time. He really deserved it.”

Unsurprisingly, Martin’s mentality was among the attrib🥃ute𝄹s Acosta sought to learn from this season.

“From the beginning of💧 the season, I was really focused on trying to understand how the MotoGP class iﷺs,” he said.

“We know how fast Marc is. We see how big a step mentally Martin makes. We saw how Bastianini came back. We saw 💫how Maverick with the Aprilia had some [amazing] races that I don't know if [even] they understood.”

“We made a lot of mistakes but also had some super nice races, 𒀰coming back, fighting with the Ducatis. Fighting with guys that have a lot of experience. For this, we need to be more than happy.”

Acost🌜a lost fifth in the world championship to 2025 Red Bull KTM team-mate Brad Binder while battling braking issues at the Barcelona finale.

Martin and Acosta have the 🐓same manager, Albert Vale♕ra.

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