Jorge Martin: “Marc had nothing to lose... ‘wow, he's aggressive’”

“I knew he had something else, maybe not ♋in terms of speed, b𒉰ut the risk that he can take”

Marc Marquez passes Jorge Martin, 2024 Australian MotoGP
Marc Marquez passes Jorge Martin, 2024 Australian MotoGP

When 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez span sideways off the Australian MotoGP grid and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin surged into the lead from pole position, many would ha🐻ve bet on the Sprint winner completing a perfect Phillip Island double.

But Mar📖quez mounted a shock recovery from 13th to 6th during the opening lap and was behind only t🐻itle leaders Martin and Francesco Bagnaia by lap 6 of 27.

Martin then momentarily lost the lead after running wide just before the midway stage but firmly re-pa💯ssed Bagnaia, as Marquez moved into second.

The pair pulled away from the Italian, with Martin kee♛ping Marquez’s GP23 at bay until the Gresini rider made a long-expected pass at Turn 4.

Martin responded on the straight, but Marquez settled the contest with a harder pass on his fellow Sp🅷aniard - again at the hairpin - with three laps to go.

“It was a great weekenꦿd, doing the pole position, winning yesterday and being on the podium today,” said Martin. “I wanted to win. I tried my best. But actually the feeling wasn't like yesterday.

“I was struggling to🌠 put the power on the ground so I coul﷽dn't make a gap to Pecco and Marc, who both improved from yesterday, even though my race was quite strong.

“In the middle of the race, I started to feel a bit better but then I almost crashed in cor🙈ner 1. Pecco overtook me, but straight away I was attacking back."

But when battling Marquez, the world championship lead weighed heavily on🎃 Martin.

“I tried to stay in first position for the last few laps, but Marc had nothing to lose, so it was much more difficult from my side to battl💖e," he said.

“I tried to be close, but he had something else. Maybe not in terms of speed, but in terms of the risk that he can take, or the risk that 🦂I can take.”

That risk level was illustrate⛦d when Marquez’s race-winning🍰 pass pushed both of them wide at the hairpin.

“I just thought, ‘wow, he's aggressive’,” Martin smiled, but tཧhe location of the pass wasn't a surprise.

“[Turn 4] was the only point wh▨ere I think he was stronger than me. I was struggling a lot with the right side of the front tyre from the 5th-6th lap and it was t☂he only place where I could hear him right behind me.”

Nevertheless, with Marquez still 79 points adrift in the standings, the title battle is very much Martin vs Bagnaia. And the Pramac rider doubled his advantage over the reigning cham👍pion this weekend.

“Any chance that I have to increase the world championshipꦦ lead, I will take it,” Martin sꦫaid.

“It was nice to ꦏhave a small battle with Pecco because normally he's in front and pulls away or I'm in front and pull away. So finally at least we were battling for one lap and I enjoyed this.

“But anyway, I lost 11 points last week, now I've gained 10 poin🧸ts. Next week we don't know. So♑ we have to be focusing race by race.”

Martin takes his 20-ꦑpoint lead straight into next weekend'𒈔s Thai MotoGP, an event he won last season.

“We have the experience from last season,” Martin said. “We know how to work on the b🎉ike for next weekend, so I'm pretty happy that we can start with a good set base set up and do a grea🌳t job.”

Buriram is the first of three remaining roundཧs that will decide the destination🥃 of the 2024 title.

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