Jorge Martin: “I'll do what I need to do to take this title”

“If something happens in the last lap, I have to contr🔥ol the risk and don't get into a fight. But I will do what I need to do to take t🌠his title.”

Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint
Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin saw his first chance to win the 2024 MotoGP title slip away with victory for rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia in the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint.

Martin needed to outscore Bagnaia by two-points to secure the crown ‘early’ but ins🐠teadꦏ conceded five points to his rival after a last-lap pass by the sister Lenovo Ducati of Enea Bastianini relegated Martin to third.

Starting fourth, Martin di🐠ved for the holeshot at Turn 1, but emerged behind the re💎d machines after the opening corners.

The Spaniard then 𒐪went back-and-forth with Bastianini, the rider he famously clashed with on the last lap of t🅷he Misano race, before establishing himself in second.

But he couldn’t close down Bagꦺnaia and instead fell victim to a late retaliation by Bastianini at Turn 5. The ‘unexpected’ pass left Martin shaking h🌊is head, but he later paid credit to The Beast for an ‘amazing job’.

“It was a tense Sprint. First, with the tyre choice, I was a bit nerv𝄹ous because they told me Pecco was with the hard front, but I didn't know if I could trust the choice or not because he did [the late change] in Malaysia.

“So finally I looked to myself and said ‘what is the best tyre you can use in the race, medium’. So 𓆉I went with the medium, but for sure at the end it was a bit on the limit.  

“I started quite well but maybe I was a bit optimistic in corner one, then I saw Enea passing so it was a bit of a mess! And after that I started a fight 🥃with him. We lost a bit of time and the chance to go with the Pecco.

“I think I had the potential to go a bit faster, but I used a lot of tyre with Enea. But finally I did my best trying to control a bit the risk and I think a🐲 podium today was really, really good job.”

Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint
Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP Sprint

The final pas꧙s by Bastianini had been “unexpected, I heard his bike from really far [behind]. I thought maybe he was crashing, so then I pulled up, just being prepared to go to the outside of the tဣrack.

“But he did an amazing job. He's doing his own battle💮 with Marc, so I understand his battle and tomorrow will be a nice race. I hope to enjoy it and try to understand how to be a bit more competi♏tive.”

Martin will start the 40th and final race of the season with a 19-point lead over Bagnaia, meaning even if the re🐬igning champion wins, Martin only needs to fini꧒sh in the top nine.

“The strategy I think must be the same, to try to be on the podium,” Martin said. “I need to co☂ntrol a bit more the👍 risk but today I think the battle with Enea kept me quite concentrated all.

“So this is the target, to be concentrated, to enjoy and for sure if something happens in the last lap, I have to control the risk and don't enter ▨in a fight.

“But I will do what I need to d♋o to take this title.”

Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP
Jorge Martin, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP

Gඣiven his points advantage, the biggest battle Martin faces on Sunday is arguably mental.

“I was quite nervous after qualifying, I didn't eat almost anything today,” he admitted. “So I was q🍷uite nervous at that point, but then I tried to sleep a little bit, have a cold shower. And for the race, I was quite calm. I was in a good moment.

“I wanted to see how my feeling was durಌing the race and when I'm on the bike, everything is more or less under control. The feeling is there. 

"The last thing that remains a bit is the tyre choices for tomorrow. I think all of us will do the♐ same. So just try to copy the opponents and that’s it.

“The plan is to do the same things as always tomorrow. I will try to be at my 100% and then if at the end I can manage [my points advantage], I will manage. And if not, I will push. It depends on the situation꧙.

“For me it's difficult, for Pecco it’s difficult. But if I can finally close this tiඣtle, it will be really emotional.”

S🧸unday’s꧙ grand prix will also be Martin and the Pramac team’s last race with Ducati.

Martin is joining Aprilia nexಌt season and looking to take the number one plate with him, while Pramac is switching to Yamaha.

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