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 been a tough task had the G🧔resini 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 opening a lead of over one second, the championship leader🐠 quickly found himself under🔯 pressure.
Martin came under attack 🐽from Marc Marquez when he made 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 t⛎he 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 ﷺtrying to catch him again and was going t♛o keep trying until the end.
“But 🔜today, maybe the realistic position was second. 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 Mar🥀c until the crash and then to 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 ex𝓡pect it this morning with the wet conditions. It was a special day and hopefully tomorrow we can improve and fight for the victory.”
Marquez was the only rider to crash as four big name riders in Alex Marquez, Brad Binder, Eಌnea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales all went down at turn five in the space 🎀of two laps.
Asked about the falls an🦩d if he was aware, Martin stated: “I didn’t know of these crashes at the time. I saw th🥂at those guys were quite far behind so I took really low risk when I was in front.
“For sure, tu💮rn five was 🌞really difficult to see the damp patches. It was really easy to go on the ground; turn eight, turn nine, last corner.
“It was really complicated to finish today but we did it. I think we used a lot our experience to finish and get the most poi♑nts possible.”
With Marquez showing more ওpace than anyone until his fall, Martin is aware that fighting for the win 🐻in the grand prix could be tricky.
But the champi🌺onshi🌱p leader is hoping to be as strong when fitting the medium rear tyre, even if some riders have more pace early on.
“There are some riders with more pace, at lea♋st in the early laps but then I feel confident that we can fight for the victory,” said Martin.
“Today, with the soft [tyreඣ] maybe Marc was more c🍃ompetitive today.
“Let’s see tomorrow with the medium but we can achieve a good result and hopefully𓂃 be on the podium.”