Jorge Martin made ‘a big change’ but lags behind Aprilias and KTMs without grip
♓“We tried a dif🅺ferent set-up, a big change which normally we don’t do"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin ꦉdetailed the difficulties he faced with grip on Friday in Barcelona, which resulted i🍰n lagging behind the Aprilias and KTMs.
Pramac’s Martin was only sixth-fastest overall in Friday practice at the Catalunya MotoGP, wit🐈h Francesco Bagnaia the quickest Ducati inℱ fourth.
Aprilia’s Aleix Esparga♈ro finished ahead of KTM pair Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta.
But Martin did top the morning se♏ssio🌟n and emerged pleased with how his weekend has started.
Martin, knowing he would strug🏅gle with a lack of a grip in Barcelona, revealed afterwards that the attempted an uncharacteristic change.
“It was good,” h🐼e said about his practice session. “We had a lot of work to d🍸o today, I knew before we started.
“We trie🧔d a different set-up, a big change which normally we don’t do.
“But, for this track, we needed to try someth🌜ing because the difference between Aprilia, KTM and Ducati is big. We tried to close the gap.
“It worked good so I am glad we tried it.
“But, I didn’t understand en▨ough to push 100%🅷 in the time attack.
“I decided to♕ go with the change in 🅷the time attack. Normally I prefer to go with my standard. I missed something.
“Tomorrow, 𒊎we have to understand how to be faster in the time attack.”
Martin explained why his Ducati is behind Aprilia and KTM: “I think we suffer more with grip. We are so fast but, when there is no grip, we struggle to transfer the wei𒅌ght.
“Then you can start moving the rear but you lose inꦡ other𒆙 parts. We struggle more than Aprilia and KTM on tracks where there is no grip.”
He was asked if he agrees that the new tyres this season have more♐ ✃grip, and sometimes cause the rear tyre to push the front of the bike forwards.
“Tyres are better on the edge,” he answered. “I don’t know 💎if it’s the bike or the tyres b🧸ut it is working better.
“I can touch the throttle earlier. Instead of last season when I touched t🥀he throttle and was already sliding. This was the main problem.”
Does Martin adjust his riding style to comꩲpensate when there is a l🔯ack of grip?
“The technique? It’s complicated,”๊ he said. “You need to work a lot on 𒁏your position on the bike.
“Not only on the seat but also with your sꦜhoulders. Sometimes opening to slide, ꦓthen closing to grip. Sliding, then grip…
“It’s not easy. I like it. You use your skills i♏nstead of just going full gas and the bike does everything.”
Martin entered this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP, the sixth round of the 202🥀4 season, as the championship leader.
He is 38 points ahead of reigning champion Bagnaia, and 40 clear from Enea Bastianini and ꦿMarc Marquez.
Mar𝕴tin is also awaiting Duca🌌ti’s big decision about whether he will be promoted into their factory team next year.
James was a sp🍒orts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, t❀o football, to F1.
