The Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), who lost all chance of winning the MotoGP world title by crashing during the 6th lap of the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday, felt that he “perhaps should have been patient “.
“I felt much stronger than the others. Maybe I should have waited a little, been patient. After passing Maverick (Vinales), I tried to overtake Marc (Marquez) straight away. I thought I had the position, but he released the brakes and when I was already in the corner, I felt like he had closed the line and I couldn’t do anything. I am sorry for his fall, because there was contact,” Martin explained during a press briefing.
“I’m sorry for him and sorry for me. I think it was a combination of things. I think it wasn’t his fault, but it wasn’t mine either because I was inside,” he judged.
Before this fall, which destroyed his already slim possibilities of winning the world crown, the Spaniard had already made a mistake by trying to overtake the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), who finally won the race and retained his title. world champion.
“I was trying to pass Pecco. It was a very complicated place, but I think it was the best option to shake up the race a little,” explained the Madrilenian, who lost more than two seconds and fell to eighth place after this incident. “And then I saw that it was complicated, too risky, so I tried to get behind him but I was sucked in. I had the heat of my life, I thought I was going to push him out and it would have been a big fall. So I tried to avoid it,” he added.
Martin, who ultimately finished second in the championship 39 lengths behind Bagnaia, will still have had the best season of his career in MotoGP, where he has been playing for three years, winning four Grand Prix victories and nine sprint victories. “I want to congratulate Pecco. He really deserves this title, he did an incredible job all season. Now I’ll forget about it. It’s going to be a very good experience for the future,” concluded the Madrilenian.