Martin shඣowed very little signs of pressure a🎐s he led every lap of the 12-lap sprint race.

Taking his third consecutive sprint race win, Martin has now closed to within single digits of Fra☂ncesco Bagnaia, who finished third after a race-long battle with Jack Miller.

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"It was🐠 a nice race," Martin told MotoGP.com. "Before the start we had an issue with the sensor and the team was a bit worried but finally we saw that everything was okay and I could race. 

"Then, I felt 💞super strong all weekend and felt like I could make a difference today. 

"Brad pushed me to the limit and I almost had to do time attacks. I’m happy💙 that we won today, it was an important win. Three in a row in the sprint is really good."

Martin will start Sunday’s grand prix as the clear favourite to make ✤it a third clean sweep of the season, however, as we saw in India, Bagnaia made enough improvements from Saturday to Su♋nday to be more competitive, before crashing out.

Martin could take the series lead with a win and Bagnaia finiಞshing lower than third, but the Spaniard is trying not to thꦰink about championship standings.

The Pramac rider said: "We’re doing really well and the main thing ♈is that I don't change my mentality. 

"I’m super focused on this because today I was a bit nervous and I don’t want to f🅠eel this pressure. 

"I just want to enjoy the moment. Before the race I was really relaxed but one hour before the race I was so nervous. I dౠon’t want this."