MotoGP India: Jorge Martin: Dehydration caused last lap scare
The Pramac Ducati rider moved into the runner-up position🌱 when reigning champion and title rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out just ahead of him with 8 laps t🐬o go.
Although race leader Marco B💦ezzecchi was long gone, Martin looked to have ♈a safe buffer over Quartararo in third.
But the Spaniard’s leathers were unzipped as the final stages began. It's unclear if it was a visible sign that he was struggling with the intense heat but, risking a penalty, Martin zipped his leathers back up, costing him more time to🐻 the Yamaha rider.
Martin was still 1.5s clear as the last lap began, but ran wide at Turn 4. Quartararo briefly snatched second place before M🤡artin flung his GP23 around the M1 into Turn 5 and held on to the finish.
Instead of stopping in parc ferme, Martin rode directly to the Pramac pits and collapsed to hi🐈s knees as he was given water. The podium ceremony was delayed while he recover🃏ed and Martin later missed the post-race press conference.
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“You have to trust me when I say I gave my 100%,” Martin explained in a voice message sent by his team. “I was dehydrated♛ with 8 laps to go. So it was really difficult to finish the r🎃ace, even though I was able to keep a good pace.
“Finally in the last lap I did a big mistake because of the dehydration and I went wide, so Fabio overtook me. But I couldꦺ overtake back. So I’m really happy to take thꦗis second position.”
After chipping away at Bagnaia’s title lead over the previous four races, Martin is well and truly back into title contention,꧃ sitting just 13 points behind the the factory Ducati star heading into next weekend’s Japanese MotoGP.
“I feel super, super happy for the team and also we recovered some points in the championship,” he said. “I think we have to keep the same mentality we came here to try to win, to try to be competitive all the practices and this is the way to be closing the g꧋ap.”
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