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.

Marc Marquez crash Tissot Sprint Race, Spanish MotoGP, 27 April
Marc Marquez crash Tissot Sprint Race, Spanish MotoGP, 27 April

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.

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.”

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