Jorge Martin fastest; “I was the target today” as Marc Marquez seeks a tow
Jorge Martin also fin🎃ds 'the cause💟' of recently costly crashes
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin shrugged off a tow attempt by Marc Marquez to go fastest on Friday at the British MotoGP.
Pramac’s Martin topped the timesheet of both sessions at Silvers🤡tone to lay down an ominous marker for the rest of the weekend.
ꩲHe did so despite an attempt from Gresini’s Marquez to profit from a tow behind him.
“What happened is what you saw,” Martin reacted a✨fterwards to media iꦡncluding wuqian0821.com.
“I closed [the gas], he closed…
“I was the targe🔯t today, you could see. I tried to do💃 my best lap time.
“It’s harder when🦄 you h🌄ave a strong rider behind you. But it was no problem.”
Martin arrives at Sil𝕴verstone second in the championship, 10 points behind champion Pecc🏅o Bagnaia.
He had led for muﷺch of the season until Bagnaia’s form exploded before the summer break.
Marti꧃n admitted: “Being honest, I was on the beach anಞd it was difficult to come back!
“Aft𝔉er Sachsenring, I didn’t have that desire to come back.
“But coming back here, it’s the best track. Being first in both sessions was th꧃e best way to come back.”
Martin endured costly crashes in Jerez and Germany which allowed Bagnaia to catch him, then overtake him, inꦉ the championship.
The Ducati 2025 drama was also playing out - a storyline whiဣch Martin lost,🔯 before he signed for Aprilia next year.
Jorge Martin finds 'the cause' of crashes
On Friday at Silverstone, he ꦺbelieves he has found the reason for his recent crashes.
“There were issu🌼es in the evening, we changed the bike a bit,” he said.
“There was a pa🅠rt on the bike which, for the past two seasons, I had a different one to the 🐷factory riders, and the rest of the Ducatis.
“So we think it may be the cause of the crashes.
“I had some doubts because when I tested it, I didn’t lik🎃e it. But even with the doubts I felt better.
“For sure, there are weak points and we need to keep working on it🐼.
“It’s pushing the front tyre less. I can෴ slide a bit more into the corners.
“Iܫ lose a bit of stability. But this was the first day with it. We can co🅘ntrol it, for the moment.
“It’s on the limit but we can control it.”
The closest rider ♈to Maꦬrtin on Friday afternoon was his best friend, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro.
Martin said: “From my side I feel ꦯstrongeℱr than last season.
“There 🅺are two, three or four riders who can win. Luckily, I am one of them!
“I hope either [Aleix] pulls away or I pull away. I don’t want a🔥 battle wi🐼th him.
“It’s a bit more difficult with Aleix tha🅰n with another rider.”
James was aꦬ sports journalist at Sky Sports f💫or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
