Jorge Martín assured that he was “prepared for everything”to win the World Cup “whatever day”, this Saturday or Sunday. Even if the leader of the MotoGP championship believes that it will be “practically impossible to close the World Championship on Saturday”. His rival, Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, set the fastest time of the day in practice despite crashing at the start, while the Spaniard from Madrid set the fifth fastest time.
“I don’t feel good at all with software. I find myself better with the tough ones. SO, I have more confidence in Sunday’s race“, commented the pilot from San Sebastián de los Reyes. “Tomorrow, I think it’s almost impossible to close the World Cup, that’s for sure.“added Jorge Martín who prefers not to make hasty decisions to try to win in advance:”I don’t want to rush to close it prematurely. and cause an error, then do damage. I prefer to focus now on the second trimester; once we get through the second trimester, we’ll see. I still find myself in a privileged position; the same, no. From there, we’ll see what it will take to close it. »
“I am ready for anything, to be tomorrow, to be the day after tomorrow, the day I can. The first thing to do is try to be competitive. Without being competitive I will have no options, so for now the goal is to be competitive and even more so than today. It has not been an easy day and tomorrow it will be important to improve,” he added. Martinateur.
However, Jorge Martín made it clear that he was not nervous and did not want to comment on Pecco due to the drop in starting tries: “Ask him. I am calm and he did it first in the afternoon, so we can both be calm. Ultimately, I focus on my work and I don’t think much about the World Cup or the result“.
He 89 He also doesn’t believe it cost him more than his rival in training: “I didn’t lead all the workouts, but I was in the top 5, as I usually am. There was very little time and a lot of tires. I had to try them, it wasn’t because “I don’t feel good and I’m going to try some others”. I just wanted to try them all. Once you’ve tried them all, tomorrow cut back on the work. “I think it was more important to work harder today and tomorrow I have less things to try and I can concentrate on the settings.”
Help from Aleix
This Friday, Martín performed his best lap on his friend’s wheel Aleix Espargaro and he said that if he wants to help him, he won’t refuse it: “It turns out that Aleix and I went out together and he goes here quickly.” If tomorrow you want to help me a little, I won’t deny it.“. The Aprilia rider took pole position during the May Grand Prix and is going very fast on this circuit.
Regarding the question of whether Bezzecchi stopped while he was behind him, Jorge pointed out that “he shot, he did his turn there, what happens is that I almost fell and I couldn’t follow him“. “There were a lot of tires to test. It was very difficult to see drivers with very worn tires, we were always drivers with very new tires. So, I think the distances are reduced. Then, on Sunday, everything will surely go very far again. It’s a track where it’s more difficult to exploit the potential of the tires, there’s no grip, you can’t exploit the potential of the bikes or the driving like on a track with more grip.” , he commented.
As for the tires, he said: “The rear is horrible. I tried three. Hardness cannot be tested, it is impossible due to temperatures. The medium-hard, the third in the line, is already at the limit. You can use it, but it’s at the temperature limit to have a drop. The other two work pretty well. Since then, I’ve tried all three. I think I’m the only one on the whole grid. So I have good information.
Despite everything, Jorge Martín assured that he sleeps very well at night: “That’s for sure. I sleep well, there is no mistake“. Regarding what happened in the fifth round, where he put on a bit of a show by playing with his shoulder on the piano and then almost fell, he explained it this way: “The shoulder thing, a bit of a spectacle. In the end, it’s fun and I take it as a game to touch each other’s shoulders. As a normal driver, I am very close, but I don’t directly lean or lie on the piano, but yes, the curve where I do the show, then it almost threw me to the ground. “It’s good to reach the limit a little, to know how far I can go to have a reference tomorrow.”
“As for the cards, the track is very difficult. Generally, all tracks have the same grip and you can work on a more solid base. Here, all the plans change and you have to make almost one map per curve. Friday’s work is very difficult. We ran here six months ago, it’s strange that you arrived and nothing you brought worked. But I think it’s not just for me; It’s for everyone. We have work to focus on these maps,” said the MotoGP leader.
Finally, the 89 He assured: “In terms of driving, having to change so many things, it only makes things more difficult. Or less natural, because when you ride in MotoGP, it has nothing to do with any other street bike and when the cards help you, everything comes very naturally, it goes very well. But when it doesn’t go with you, it turns the other way, like a runaway horse, and it’s hard to carry it. When I have confidence, I do very well, but when I lack confidence a little, I think I suffer more. than in another situation, because I plan to fall or get hurt or something like that. So yes, it can affect me a little more.
