Everything will be decided this Sunday. Pecco Bagnaia won the sprint race and closed the gap on Jorge Martín in the World Championship. However, the 19 points that the Madrid native maintains compared to the Italian They force Pecco to be among the first two. If Bagnaia beats Martín it is enough for him to be ninth, and if he is second he would be champion by being 14th. The Spaniard ended up satisfied, being aware of how strong his opponent is in Montmeló and that the income he has is practically definitive. «Tomorrow is going to be a long day. I already imagined that I was going to arrive on Sunday. I accept it and I am ready for it. In the end, it’s just another race. I will try to enjoy every curve. It is a procedure that must be passed. I hope to be able to celebrate it when it’s over,” Martinator explained. «I am going to run with my head, without taking risks nor enter into unnecessary fights“Although if those in front have less pace, I’m not going to wait behind,” he said.
The Spaniard from Prima Pramac analyzed his podium and this Saturday’s race: «It was a fairly normal race. I was thinking of going a little forward, but I started having that fight with Enea Bastianiniwe have lost a little time. Likewise, later, I saw that he did not have as fast a pace as Pecco’s. He had one or two tenths more. I tried to maintain that second position until the end. All the points you could pick up today are important for tomorrow. With this temperature, I wasn’t completely comfortable To go with the hard rubber, we hadn’t ridden much. I was surprised that Pecco went with that rubber, because without trying it you have to have courage. But I’m happy because it’s a cushion for tomorrow, we’re closer to the goal. I don’t even know the position we need, but the objective is to maintain this philosophy. Today, we fought a little too much with Enea, but it was still early in the race. Tomorrow has to be a little calmer.”
Martín fights against Bagnaia and against the anxiety to be crowned champion. The Madrid native explains how he manages his nerves ahead of the final race: «It was a bit of a complicated race. I didn’t expect to have so much fightso much trouble, but, in the end, I have to be prepared for everything. Anything can happen and I try to focus on what I can control. These moments I do want to have everything under control, what tires the others are going to wear, what’s up, but, in the end, I have to go by my feelings. Tomorrow I’m going to compete against myself. Tomorrow I don’t have to look at Pecco or Enea or anyonejust focus on my race, try to make a good pace and go to the end. The nerves, yes, a little more than a normal weekend, but I think this is totally understandable. The thing is that I’m taking it in a positive way, enjoying the weekend. “Concentration for it.”
Martín could not hide his happiness from the journalists. «I feel good, confident. I’ve been preparing for this all my life and I think tomorrow is a procedure that must be passed and I will try to enjoy the race,” he assured. «Today was a very tense race. I started very well, I thought I had the pace to get ahead but I saw that it was going to be very difficult, we have gotten into a fight in which we have lost a lot of time and although I could have gone forward later, the decision of the front tire or was the correct one,” he added.
The pilot assures that he is not reserving. «I have not thought more than other times, I have driven as always. I’ve been trying to pass Bastianini Many times, it has been a nice fight and the fact that he wanted to pass me has made me give up, it has made me stay focused. I thought that on the last lap I had it under control, but he did to me what he did in Mugello again,” he commented, remembering the contact between the two in the race held on the Italian circuit in June.
Martín analyzed what awaits him this Sunday: «The important thing is that I have gained points, necessary to run more calmly, although the goal is the samerun as I know how. I’m not going to think about doing ninth because I will surely do tenth, so I am going to try to have a race as always, aiming for the podium, or top-5, the key will be to maintain concentration and make it just another race.
Bagnaia, satisfied and resigned
Bagnaia won the sprint after taking pole. Now he aspires to win Sunday’s race, although this does not guarantee him the title. «I didn’t want to risk it. Bastianini made the best start in Ducati history but then everything turned out perfectly. I have put myself ahead and I am happy. Still 19 points and I’m eating my hands because of what happened in Malaysia (he fell in the sprint) but we’re going to give everything to win tomorrow. We will give it our all», he began explaining before assessing what could happen this Sunday: «I can’t do anything in the end. I would like to have the power to put 14 pilots between Martín and me… but it is not possible, so I’m going to do my thing. I want to have fun, it’s the most important thing and what will happen, will happen…”
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