The Pramac Ducati rider was referring to having taken the world championship advantage less than 24 hours earlier, with his sixth win in sev📖en races during the Indonesian Sprint.

Sprints were only introduced this🙈 season, meaning that previously a rider would have held the title lead for at least one week.

“I think it was the shortest title l🤡ead the history, less than 24 hours!” Martin said at Phillip Island, venue for this weekend’s Ausꦓtralian MotoGP.

“Hopefully I can recov🍌er those points. It will be super nice to at least have the chance in Valencia to fight for the championship.

"Everything can happen. I will just try to be competiti༒ve.”

The young Spaniard, who had hauled his way to the top by bridging𒈔 a 66-point deficit to France🐭sco Bagnaia, is grateful he can quickly switch his focus to Phillip Island.

“For sure it w☂as not easy after the race, that evening I was thinking𝓰 a lot [about the mistake]. But I'm lucky that we have this race straight away. Let’s try to do well here,” he said.

“I think we don't have to change anything. We are compꦑetitive every weekend, we are almost always fighting for the win.

“I'm confident overall, in all the areas. I feel that I'm strong. I am fast. So I have to be calm and t🐻ake profit of this speed. For sure maybe not too much like I did in Indone🌞sia!

“But at the point I crashed, I had 3 seconds [lead], so I have t♎o be a bit more calm and try🀅 to finish all the races.”

Now 18 points behind Bagnaia, Phillip Island is famous fo꧋r producing a big pac𒊎k of leading riders, meaning another big potential points swing is possible.

Martin lost out last ye🐈ar, finishing seventh despite starting on pole position with a new lap record.

“Here is really particular. Last season, even if I did the record, the race is a completely differ🔜ent story. It's really difficult to pull away. So let's try to be a bit more stronger in the fight than last season, when I struggled a bit in braking.

“For us, battling for a championship, maybe it's better to try and make a fast race, so the group is🦹 not 15 riders, only five or six. Let’s see on Sunday.”

While fine weather is predicted for Friday and most of Saturday, Sunday is forecast to see wind gusts of upཧ to 80km/h.