Jorge Martin claimed ninth place at the Arꦇagon MotoꦇGP even after suffering with his physical condition from mid-race onwards.

The Pramac rider madeജ a decent start to the race and was comfortably inside the top six, a position he held during most of the practice sessions and qualifying. 

However, the Spaniard’s struggles came later on in the race an♎d was consequently overtaken ꩵby Brad Binder, fellow rookie Enea Bastianini and championship leader Fabio Quartararo. 

Martin, who is still n🎃ot comp🔯letely 100% physically, lost out to the Frenchman by less than a tenth over the line, while holding off Takaaki Nakagami by a further two tenths.

Due to this and the pace shown earlier in the weekend, Martin’s ninth place result left him ‘h💎appy’ with his overaꦛll performance, but not the actual position. 

"Yeah, well good weekend for me. I🔴n general I felt super good on the bike and I was always top six, top five during practices," added Martin. 

"But yeah, today in the race I was struggling a lot with the front grip and also my physical condition🃏 was not so good this weekend, I don’t know why. I was struggling with some muscles. 

"When I was at half-race I was struggli🌸ng a lot and I couldn’t put a really great pace. 

"But anyway, I’m happy with the performance but not happy about the result, 💛because I think we could make a little bit more. But, I’m a rookie and I need t🉐o improve and this is the way to do it."