Jorge Martin reveals major meeting with MotoGP Stewards to thrash out problems: “No sense, how they work”
The meeting to thrash out problems will be at the French 𒈔MotoGP in Le Mans, the fifth round of the championship, and follows a red flag incident in each of the two races 🍃at Jerez this weekend.
Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli an🌼d Francesco B﷽agnaia were recipients of penalties from the Stewards - but Jack Miller escaped unpunished despite visibly angering Martin.
“Race Direc🃏tion [FIM Stewards] - if they penalise Pecco, the🐟y should penalise Jack,” Pramac Racing rider Martin said.
“And if they didn’t penalise Jack? Then they don’t have to penaꦑlis🍰e Pecco. So, they need to improve.
“Luckily we have a meeting with them, finally, after two or three years of fighting with𝄹 𝔉Dorna.
“We will meet 💜with them in Le Mans, finally. With all the riders.
“Let’s try to understand their position, and our ꦫposition, a🌃nd improve.
“It is no sense, how they are working."
"It depends on the rider - they make [a decision] or they don’t make"
Martin h💮ad sympathy with Miller, despite gesticulating furiously at him during the race.
His truer frustration lies with the♎ Stewards who, he claims, make decisi🐬ons depending upon who it influences.
Asked if Bagnaia should have been hit with a one-place penalty for his mܫanoeuvre on Miller, Martin said: “No. If they don’t penali🍬se Jack!
“I lost three positions, almost on a long lap.
“I don’🅘t want to cry. It’🍒s racing, it’s okay! I understand the move, he wants to be on the podium.
“But they need to always do the same. Not ‘it d🌸epends on the rider’.
“They are not consistent. It depends on the rider - they make [a decision] or t🐠hey don’ꦓt make.
“They need to improve. We will push for this.”
Martin finished fourth in Jerez but believes the incident with Miller cost himꩲ much more.
“I think so. Not only the podium but the victory,” he sai♌d.
“When I’m behind one? It’s okay. When I’m behind three or fourꦕ? It’s a big problem.
“I did my moves𝐆, to be close to Brad. Then I lost three positions.”
“Everybody is too aggressive"
Quartararo caused the red flag in Sunday’s grand 🐼prix when, after contact with Marco Bezzecchi, he crashed 𒁏into Miguel Oliveira.
R🧸NF Aprilia rider Oliveira’s race was ended immediately and ♈he has dislocated his shoulder.
“Everybody is too aggressive,” Martin said.
“It is difficult to overtake so we try to ge🦂t into a position where we can be in front at the first lap.
“It’s diffi🍌cult to stop these🌱 bikes. We have really big bikes.
“But as soon as you ෴see that you are behind two bikes? You need🧔 to close earlier.
“In this case, Fabio didn’t.
“It’s difficult to understand.🦩 Maybe he expected Be🍌zzecchi to go on the inside?
“It is complicaܫt✅ed. I hope Oliveira is well. It wasn’t nice to see.”
Martin’s final refl🌱ection on his race: “I am disappointed. I expected much more from today’s race, that’s for sure.
“We need to improve in the braking area. I struggle not o𓄧nly to overtake, but to defend the position when I’m in a group.
“I struggle a lot with the front temperature.
“When I 💛am alone, I am super-fast. But asও soon as I get stuck? I cannot overtake.
“I h♕ad one of the best paces in🉐 the race. But I cannot overtake.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering evꦡerything from American sports, to football, to F1.
