They have known each other since they were children, when they started competing in motorcycles, and they even shared a room for two years as teenagers when they were both riders for Jorge Martínez Aspar’s team. Jorge Martin And Pecco Bagnaia They are playing this weekend at Barcelona-Catalonia circuit the title of MotoGP world champion, but both respect each other so much that they assure that they will not resort to mental games to destabilize the rival.
“We are not going to do anything to defeat Martín’s result. I’m going to give everything in both races, but I’m not going to try to generate anything; what happens will happen. Winning 20 points in one weekend is very difficult, but we have to do our best. My goal will be to win both races and take the title on Sunday. He will have the the help of other pilots like Aleix Espargaróand me with that of riders of the Valentino Rossi Academy. I think we are more or less in a similar situation, but it 24 points ahead“He can afford to play with it,” says the current MotoGP world champion, who arrives at the last event of the season in a completely opposite situation to that of last year, when he arrived at the Ricardo circuit Tormo de Cheste with income. by 21 points on Spanish, which He won the sprint race and reduced the distance to 14 in the absence of racing on Sunday.
“We respect each other a lot. We have known each other since we were little. and I think that changes the evolution of the relationship a little. Maybe if I fought with someone else, it wouldn’t be this relationship at all. With Pecco, it’s like that and we had to experience that. We must take advantage of it, but nothing has been done yet. We must continue to think about what awaits us,” believes Jorge Martín, who, since arriving from Malaysia two weeks ago, has not changed his usual preparation routine.
“I did basically the same thing. I trained the same and I ate the same. I returned to Andorra, but I had a reality shock because of the cold. When I made the transoceanic trip it was summer and I came back in winter, it even snowed. My routine is the same because I want to keep the same mentality. It’s just another weekend. My goal will be to ride at 100%, as is always the case and as in Malaysia. Obviously, with a little more head. Then, winning or not will be the consequence of a good or bad performance. I can afford to compete without paying attention to anyone, being myself” explain Martinateurfor whom it would be enough to be seventh in both races to become MotoGP world champion.
The Spaniard appears more relaxed than last season before his crucial appointment with history, a state which is the result of the work he has carried out throughout the journey with his psychologist. “Last year I idealized winning a lot, I was very obsessed with winning and I thought it would change my life.. I believe that no matter what happens on Sunday or Saturday, my life will be exactly the same. I want to win it, because I want to win it for my people, for my team, for my family, for the journalists who support me, for the people who are in the stands who support me, for them. That’s how it is for me it won’t change anything for me. Tomorrow I will be the same, Tuesday I will ride the Aprilia and Wednesday I will continue training. I want to do more for them,” summarizes Jorge Martín before a weekend during which he will experience a roller coaster of feelings.
