Martinator willingly accepted second place
“The driver who opened the throttle the least and that was Pecco won”he has declared Jorge Martinvery satisfied in any case with a second place which allows him to leave Barcelona with one more point ahead of Bagnaia compared to the day before (the Ducati Pramac rider’s margin is now 39 lengths compared to the two-time world champion).
“I started seventh and so finishing second leaves a good taste in my mouth – added Martin as reported by the Spanish newspaper AS – we made a change that worked and I also changed my riding style a bit. I thought I could compete with Bagnaia in the end, but he left me immediately. In Turn-5 I didn’t want to push when he attacked me because he had already crashed in the Sprint at that point and if we had both crashed it would have been a disaster. I had to use a little more rubber in the battle with Acosta. The others have a little more experience than me when it comes to winning while saving tyresI’m working on it”.
A three-way fight for the title between Bagnaia, Martin and Marquez now seems to be outlined. The Pramac team standard bearer knows that there will be outsiders from race to race, but that the secret will be to be consistent: “There are drivers with the potential to win races, but then on other weekends they are on the fringes of the top-10. We we must continue to be constant how he’s doing it at the start of the season.” A calculating Martin, therefore, who willingly took away the 20 points for second place yesterday.
