Jorge Martin and Pramac miss deadline: “Should’ve decided fairing but we didn’t”
Jorge Martin did not enjoy using the new Pramac fairing ܫbut admits Ducati want him to 🍸persevere
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin revealed that Pramac Ducati missed an internal deadline to decide which fairing to use in the first MotoGP race of the season.
Pramac hoped to finalise a decision on Wednesday, the second day of the Sepang test, but were unable to do so because𒀰 Martin didn’t enjoy using an updated fairing.
Instead, Martin and Pramac must face 🔴a significant problem on Thursday, the final day of the test, to put the wheels in motion for the start of the 2024 season.
“It was not an easy day,” Martin glumly said.
“For sure, we🎃 wer🅷e fast at the beginning of the day with the old fairing.
“They we s☂tarted to use the new fairing and I didn’t feel so good.
“Complicated day꧟🐷, because we should have decided the new fairing but we didn’t.
“Tomo🥂rrow we must understand if♚ it is better, or if we keep the old one for the first race.”
A potential problem is that Ducati might favour the new fairing, which they have put developmental work🐭 into, but Martin so far prefers the old🌱 version.
Asked about Ducati’s input to th๊e decision, Martin said: “For sure, they did a lot of work. They want it to work.
“They want mဣe to ride with it, to understand, to get a lot of information from it.
“But I don’t want to lose the way. Sometimes you🦋 start with one, then another one, change a lot of things.
“Then it’s not a good point.
“I want to understand well but𒁃 withou💧t losing my riding style.”
Marti🍸n described the new fairing: “It’s a bit more hea🍷vy. I feel the bike is more heavy.
“The feeling on braking is better but, in the res🔴t of the circuit, I strug🉐gle.
“Tomorrow we can understand the way to go and maybe do some changes on the bike💧 to improve the f🥀eeling.
“We need to keep 𒆙working. I don’t want to lose a lot of time because we have things to try tomorrow.
“It’s really importღant to understand the fairing.”
He insisted that the quantity of tyres left to use on the final day ܫof the Sepang test will not influence the decision.
“I don’t need a lot of laps,” he said. “We have to be clear, and understand if we have potential with the fairing, or go to꧟ the old one.
“Then ꦗwe have some set-up an🌞d electronic parts to try, which we can do with used tyres. This is not a big problem.
“But the fairing I really want to try.”
The final preseason test is in Qata🐲r on February 19 and 20, potentially giving Pramac two more days to ponder their big call.
The first round of the 2024 season is on Marc🌱h 8-10 in Q🐭atar.
“I guess we can st൲ill try in Qatar,” Martin considered.
“But the𒈔 problem? We don’t have enough time. It’s better if we do🐽 something tomorrow.”
Martin narrowly missed out on last season’s MotoGP championship to Francesco Bagn🔜aia.
Both riders will return this year on 💃the🌺 latest-spec Desmosedici.
The developmental talking points have added intrigue because Marc Marqu💦ez, with Gresini, will have a ‘23 Ducati to start the year. The same bik🧸e which Martin and Bagnaia did battle with, last year.
James was a sဣports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to foot✃ball, to F1.
