Jorge Martin reacts to “roll the dice” gamble which backfired in Misano
Jorge Martin: “Rolling the dice is sometimes not the best choice🉐 when you are baꦰttling for a championship.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin pledged not to repeat Sunday's costly pit-stop gamble, which wiped 19 points from his MotoGP world championship lead at Misano.
The Sprint winner was on the back🤪 wheel of race leader and title rival Francesco Bagnaia when raindrops suddenly intensified on lap 7 of 27.
Martin then made a big call by pulling straight into the pits for 🌳wet tyres, while Bagnaia and the rest of ꦫthe frontrunners stayed out.
"I was quite comfortable, but it started raining heavily in sectors on🌊e, two, and three. For 🧔this reason, I decided to change bikes," Martin said.
The decision quickly backfired.
Third place team-mate Franco Morbidelli crashed due to the rain but the sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ꧒ᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhower soon passed, forcing Martin to pit again for slicks.
The Pramac Ducati rider finished a lap down in 15th, while Marc Marquez capitalised on the conditions to deny Bagnaia oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚf the full 25 points with a surprise win.
Nonethe🐼less, Martin’s title advantage has been slashed from 26 to 7 points.
Justꦅ as when Martin lost out due to a tyre gamble on the grid at Phillip Island last year, mimicking Bagnaia would have been the safest title option on Sunday.
“Yeah, for sure, roꦏ𓆉lling the dice maybe sometimes is not the best choice when you are battling for a championship," Martin said.
"So next time I won't do it. I will stick to Pecco’s♔ decision and do the🅷 same!
"I’ve learned my l✅esson, and now it’s time to look ahead."
Hindering Martin’s comeback was confusion over w🍎hether, being a lap down, he could then overtake the riders ahead.
“I didn't know exactly if I could overtake or not. I thought I couldn't,🐟 so I was just behind, waiting, waiting, waiting... At least I could get one point," he said.
“I think we could have made a lot more points today, but the important thing is to a🍸lways tryও our best.”
Pedro Acosta, who had fall😼en earlier in the race, the Aprilias of Maverick Vinales, Aleix Espargaro and Raul Fernandez plus Yamaha’s Alex Rins were the only other riders to pit for wets.
Espargaro laღter retired while the others finished be♎hind Martin, a lap down. at the back of the field.
Peter has been in the paddoc𓆏k for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story 💦and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
