This is over. It’s this weekend (night) in Losail, Doha, Catar and, next week, in front of more than 80,000 spectators, something else, another circuit, another climate, another atmosphere, another vibe, in Cheste, Valencia.
This is over and the Madrid native Jorge Martín (Ducati) He aspires to achieve another feat this season and that is to keep alive the MotoGP title, which the Italian now owns. ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, Ducati boss and World Championship leader with 14 points more than ‘Matinator’, at the last event of the season. The feat would, yes, be prodigious given the enormous potential that Ducati possesses and, of course, the new world champion.
Martín assures that “I have no choice but to attack, attack, attack and attack in the two sprint races and in the two long races that remain until the World Cup ends.” One thing is clear to Martín: “I don’t care what the other six Ducati are going to do. (Enea Bastianini, Johann Zarco, Luca Marini, Marco Bezzecchi, Àlex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio)Well, I am clear that if I am well and the bike is with me as it has been until now, I can defeat them all.”
Take risk
“I don’t know exactly how the math is, I do know that I have to make up points, so what I have to do is attack and recover the maximum amount in this race,” said Jorge Martín in the official press conference he shared with Bagnaia.
The Madrid native, who is 14 points behind Turin, acknowledged that, last weekend, in Sepang (Malaysia), he was “too blocked” on Sunday and had “difficulties in every corner.” “But now the only thing I can do is change to first and to do that I must take the risks I can and maybe take a risk to achieve it,” he warned.
“I feel that, without a doubt, there is a lot of pressure. It is an important weekend because I cannot make any mistakes because I lose the championship, so it is a complicated weekend, but I think we are going to get to Valencia alive in the fight,” remarked the Ducati rider, who “really wants” to race in Cheste because it is a circuit that he enjoys “a lot” and has always had “great races” and has been “competitive.” “I hope I can recover points here and have more chances there because I like that circuit,” he added.
Will Valencia decide?
“It’s going to be a tight weekend, it will be a very close fight between the leading drivers and I could be a good opportunity to make a difference, but there is also the possibility of losing them, so we will have to be clever and fast and try to win” , pointed out the Spaniard.
Regarding the weekend, he believes that the new resurfacing of the Losail Circuit will be key. “We have more ‘grip’ and it will be more interesting to understand the tires, which will be the key. We have a large amount of information from the past that can be useless and perhaps we should start from scratch and be astute and fast,” he explained, confirming that Since Ducati has eight motorcycles on the grid, it may be “easier” for them to choose tires.
Needless to say, Bagnaia expressed his doubt that the title would be decided this weekend “because Jorge (Martín) is being very fast, he competes very well and something would have to happen for me to get enough points from him to renew the title.” qualification. No, no, I think we will keep the pulse all the way to Valencia.”
2023-11-16 14:25:34
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