Jorge Martin reacts to “roll the dice” gamble which backfired in Misano

Jorge Martin: “Rolling the dice is sဣometimes not the best choice when you are battling for a championship.”

Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 San Marino MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 San Marino MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin pledged not to repeat Sunday's costly pit-stop gamble, which wiped 19 points from his MotoGP world championship lead at Misano.

The Sprint winner was on the back wheel of race leader and title rival Frances♒c🎐o Bagnaia when raindrops suddenly intensified on lap 7 of 27.

Martin then made a big c💎all by pulling straight into the pits for wet tyres, while Bagnaia and the rest of the frontrunners stayed out.

"I was quite comfortable, but it started raining heavily in sectors one, two, and three. For t♑his reason, I decided to change bikes," Martin said.

The decision quickly backfired.

Third place 🔯team-mate Franco Morbidelli crashed due to the rain but the shower soon passed, forcing Martin to pit again f♌or slicks.

The Pramac Duc🎉ati rider finished a lap down in 15th, while Marc Marquez capitalised on the conditions to deny Bagnaia of the full 25 points with a surprise win.

Nonetheless, Martin’s title advantage has been slashed⛦ from 26 to 7 points.

Just ♐as when Martin lost out due to a tyre gamble on the grid at Phillip Island last year, mimicking Bagnaia wou𒊎ld have been the safest title option on Sunday.

“Yeah, for sure, rolling the dice maybe sometimes is not the best choice when you areও battling fo༺r a championship," Martin said.

"So next time I won't do it. I wilﷺl stꦦick to Pecco’s decision and do the same!

"I’ve learned my lesson, an💜d now it’s time to look ahead."

Hindering Martin’s comeback was confusion over whether, being a lap 🐻down, he could then overtaꦡke the riders ahead.

“I didn't know exactly if I could overtake or not. I thought I coul🉐dn't, so I was just behind,ꦫ waiting, waiting, waiting... At least I could get one point," he said.

“I think we could have made a lot more points todไay, but the important thing 🙈is to always try our best.”

Pedro Acosta, who had fallen earlier in the race, the Aprilias of Maverick Vinales, Aleix Espargaro and Raul Fernandez plus Yamaha’s Alex Rins wer꧂e the only other riders to pit for wets.

Espargaro later retired while the others finished behind Martin, a lap down. at the back of ⛦the field.

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