Jorge Martin replies to Pecco Bagnaia: “Easy to speak when everything went good…”
Jorge Martin resp𒐪onds to title rival's claims abou🦩t his sprint race crash

Jorg🅘e Martin had his say on Pe✅cco Bagnaia’s analysis of his Mandalika sprint race crash.
The Pramac D🍸ucati rider claimed pole position iꦬn qualfiying but then shockingly crashed in the early stages of the Saturday race at the Indonesian MotoGP.
He remountꦑed a🎶nd finished 10th but Bagnaia won the race, reducing the deficit to 12 points behind Martin in the MotoGP standings.
“The first lap I tried to follow Jorge, and I said ‘if he closes the line, I꧃ will take four seconds, because he is entering too fast’,” Bagnaia said.
“When I saw it, I foll🦩owed. As soon as he entered, he lost the♑ front.
“The asphalt was 63 degrees. It was not easy.
“I was ♛thinking that he entered very, ve⛄ry strong. If we close it, we have to follow.
“But h𒈔e crashed. It was tricky. I lost the front during the race twice.”
Martin responded: “It’s really easy for Pecco to say that▨ I was🥀 too fast!
“⛎I hope to be fast tomorr🌌ow and to win by four seconds.
“The plan is to do my best. I have the potential to d✤o it.
“But it’s really eꦦasy to sꦬpeak when everything went good…”
Martin insisted he doesn’t know an obvi🦄ous cause of his crash: “Not yet. A rollercoaster s♒eason…
“I tried to look into it, but I feel that I did🌱 nothing wrong. I just crashed.
2I want to take the positives. I was consistent with clean space, an✃d was able to overtake a lot of riders from last.2
Bagnaia said: “I was trying to give it my all in the first three sectors. 💦I am not the strongest in sector fou⛦r.
“I opened the gap to control from the front.”
Bagnaia will swap from soft to medium tyres for Su⭕nday’s grand💙 prix.
He hasn’t previously gജotten on weꦚll with the mediums in Mandalika.
But Bagnaia hopes he can changꦦe his fortunes: “With the things, we learned, I think so. It’s too soon to say…”

James was ꦆa sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.