Jorge Martin interjects into Ducati ‘team orders’ debate: “I wouldn’t listen”

Pramac Racing’s Martin is only three points behind factory Ducati rider Bagnaia at the top of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings with six rounds remaining.
Ducati bosses insist they will not interfere in 🌄the scrap for glory which also involves Mooney VR46’s Marco B🐷ezzecchi.
Asked if he expected team orders, Martin told : “We will only know the day we both arrive with options, risking everyth𝓀ing for one or two races.
“Yes, I trust that, with what Ducati has invested in me, they willꦏ give me the same optionsꦺ as him to fight for the championship.”
Last season then-Gresini rider Enea Bastianini was able to go wheel-to-wheel with Bagnaia who was vying to deliver Ducati’s 🦩first MotoGP title since 2007.
But Martin reveals th🍬ere were team orders for the other Ducatis: “Yes, there was. They told us that we had to be c🐈areful, that you couldn't overtake him...
“From very early on in the season we were very ca♏reful with him, in the end that affected you in the races.
“This year no. And even if Ducati told me something, I wouldn't li🃏sten.
“Last year, when he no longer had any options, they tried to help him, above🍃 all we had to be careful with him if we were going to overtake him.”

Martin said about the MotoGP championship fight with Bagnaia: “Anyone who gets between him and𒐪 me will be good, but right now I don't see anyone.&nb💖sp;
“When﷽ I'm not there to stand up to him, there is no clear candidate.”
Martไin identified the weekend that the tiꦿtle momentum shifted in his favour.
“By𝔍 beating him in Germany I grew and he saw it. And every weekend I've been there.”
Martin has won two of the past three grands prix, taking advantage of a drab patch of form for Bagnaia who has🙈n’t shone since his accident in Barcelona.
The prize for Martin, aside from the championship itself, is to sit alongside Bagnaia i🍒n the most prestigious bike on the current grid.
“Yes, yes, my goal is to reach the official Ducati as soon as possible,” he said.&nb♊sp;
“I aꦐm achieving results that speak for themselves, I hope Ducati appreciates it.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything♏ from American sports, to football, to F1.