MADRID, 14 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish rider Jorge Martín (Ducati) has assured that it is “a dream” to be able to lead the MotoGP World Championship after his victory in the sprint race of the Indonesian Grand Prix and that being first overall this Saturday “did not enter” into his dreams. “plans”, and has stated that he has been able to “take holes where there were none”.
“It’s a dream. Thanks to everyone who supports me. It has been a complicated day, but in the end we came out winners. It wasn’t part of my plans, but I was finally able to take the lead,” he told DAZN after finishing the race in Mandalika. “I have been able to recover positions, little by little I have been overtaking. It is a track where I thought it was going to be much more difficult to overtake, but I have been able to find gaps where there were none,” he added.
Furthermore, the man from Madrid assured that he has also “worked for tomorrow.” “In the race, starting sixth was not the worst position, seeing how ‘Pecco’ -Bagnaia- and Marco -Bezzecchi- were. However, it was not easy, because I had a very small line in the first corner,” he stressed.
“Let’s hope to hold on tomorrow. The physique is very difficult, what Marco and Marini have done seems incredible to me on this track, with their injuries. In the end we have gotten the most that could be done and we hope to fight for that victory tomorrow,” he continued.
On the other hand, he explained his feelings during the qualifying session, in which he could only place sixth after suffering a fall. “I was going down four tenths in T1 and I almost fell,” he said. “I was already returning to the box because I had no gas left, I lost concentration watching TV and I fell to the ground,” he noted.
“It’s a rookie mistake. I had to get up and as soon as I got on the curb I lost good front rubber. I had to do the time on the hard one and everything got a little complicated for me. It was a mistake, but I made up for it. woke up in the afternoon,” he said.