Jorge Martin was the author of a bad start with which he nullified the pole obtained yesterday and was relegated to eighth position, while Pecco Bagnaia, also author of a disastrous start, went from ninth to sixteenth place.
However, the Piedmontese driver managed to recover until he reached the top 10 in the middle of the race and on lap 12 he tried to overtake Martin with disastrous results. At the corner entry Pecco lost the front and crashed, involving even the innocent Jorge in the crash.
With a cold mind, Martin retraced the moments of the accident, stressing that he was afraid for his safety.
“I have a lot of pain in my right hand and tomorrow I will carry out checks in Barcelona. I hope that nothing is broken and that I can race in Indonesia ”.
“Today was the first time I was afraid of dying because I found myself on the gravel at great speed between two bikes. I think I touched Pecco’s bike with my hand and that’s why I feel pain ”.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
Photo by: Akhil Puthiyedath
Martin, who received an apology from Bagnaia immediately after the fall, admitted that he was not angry about the accident. The Spaniard felt more nervous due to the lack of competitiveness seen today and doubts about a Ducati 2022 still not up to par with its rivals.
“It happens to crash, but I’m angry because we weren’t competitive today. I expected to fight for the victory, or at least for the podium, but we didn’t have the pace ”.
“We have had some problems and we need to understand. I wasn’t able to overtake either the Aprilia or the Suzukis, so I don’t know exactly what our strength is at the moment ”.
“We don’t have a strong point and we have to understand why and try to improve because today at the most I could have aimed for seventh or eighth position”.
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