Jorge Martin reveals new reason for pitlane decision after “what the f***” shock
Newly released footage provides a new perspective

Unseen footage has revealed a fresh reason for Jorgeℱ Martin’s disastrous deciಌsion to go into the pits at last weekend’s San Marino MotoGP.
Martin was the first rider to react to raindrops fall🌼ing by pulling into the pitlanꩲe for a change of tyres.
The move backfired as the track immediatelyജ dried up, leaving Martin languishing in 15th while titl🍰e rivals Marc Marquez (who won) and Pecco Bagnaia (runner-up) gained ground in the championship standings.
Martin was consoled in his garage afterwards: ꦚ“That’s just how it goes, man…”
He responded: “After th🤪at, I couldn’t, I had to wait. I couldn’t pass anyone unless they sent me out.
“Then with Vinales behind, I stopped. But💦 afterwards I was fast.
It’s one point. F***!
“I could do laps in the low 1:35s easily.”
Newly released footage showed ൲Martin and Bagnaia’s candid chat shortly after the race ended.
“Pecco, man… for f*🐲ಌ** sake,” said an almost speechless Martin.
Bagnaia rep𓄧lied: “I saw yoඣu go in and thought ‘what the f*** is he doing!’”
Martin revealed that he expected Bagnaia to pit first. He said: “It was raining, raining a lot. I thought ‘he stuck his leg out, so h🐠e will stop…’”
Bagnaia explained: “Because I wanted to touch.”
Martin: “But then I came out and it wasn’t ra𝄹ining anymore. No!෴”
Bagnaia: “The weather can change in a second.”
More new footage showed Bagnaia privately talking to his engineers w♊hile Marquez partied in the background.
Bagnaia was told: “F***, if you came into the pitlane we would have been f**💧***!”
The MotoGP𝄹 champion replied: 🍌“It’s lucky we didn’t.”
Bagnaia was asked: “Did you think about it?”
He said: “It didn’t smell like rain.”

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