Jorge Martin admits ‘the realistic position was second’ had Marc Marquez not crashed
Jorge Martin believes beating Marc Marquez in the Jerez MotoGP sprint would have be🎶en a tough task had the Gresini rider not fallen from the lead.

MotoGP series leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin took the lead on the opening lap after passing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder at turn nine, and despite ಌ🧸opening a lead of over one second, the championship leader quickly found himself under pressure.
Martin came under attack from Marc Marquez🐭 when he mad🍬e a mistake at turn seven.
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A three tenth lead evaporated before Marquez made his move two turns later to ♔take back the lead he lost at the start.
“He pulled a gap as soon as he overtook me but then I was able to keep that gap,” said Martin. “I was🃏 tr♚ying to catch him again and was going to keep trying until the end.
“But today, maybe the 💎realistic position was seꦯcond. But I'm happy. I did a great start and pushed quite a lot at the beginning.
“Maybe I used too much the tyre. From that point I just tried to follow Marc until the crash and then t⛄o finish because Pedro [Acosta] was three or four seconds behind. At that point, going to finish line was enough to win today.
“I didn’t expect it this morn꧑ing with the wet conditions. It was a special day and hopefully tomorrow we can improve and fight for the victory.”
Marquez𓃲 was the only rider to crash as four big name riders in Alex Marquez, Brad Bind🦹er, Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales all went down at turn five in the space of two laps.
Asked about 🐽the falls and if he was aware, Martin stated: “I didn’t know of these crashes at the time. I saw that those guys were quite far behind so I took really ܫlow risk when I was in front.
“For sure, turn five was really difficult to see the damp patches. It was really easඣy to go on the gro𓄧und; turn eight, turn nine, last corner.
“ꦫIt was really complicated to finish today but we did it. I think we used a lot our experience t🌠o finish and get the most points possible.”
With Marquez showing more pace than anyone until his fall, Martin is aware that 💝fighting for the win in the grand prix could be tricky.
But the championship leader is hoping to be as strong w♏hen fitting the medium rear tyre, even if some riders have more pace early on.
“There are some riders with more pace, at🍰 least in the early laps but then I feel confident that we can fight for the victory,” said Martin.
“𓂃Tod𒀰ay, with the soft [tyre] maybe Marc was more competitive today.
“Let’s see tomorrow with the medium but we can achieve a goo𝔉d result and hopefully be😼 on the podium.”