Updated Saturday, 9 March 2024 – 17:51
Jorge Martín The 2024 MotoGP World Championship has started going very strong. The driver from San Sebastin de los Reyes not only took pole position for this Sunday’s Grand Prix, relying on absolutely spectacular driving, but he also once again demonstrated that Saturdays are his by also taking the first sprint race of the season. season without leaving even the slightest room for surprise.
Brad Binderwho started from fourth place on the grid and was ultimately second, was the only one capable of stepping on his heels at some point while Aleix Espargarfighting arm in arm with Pecco Bagnaia, also managed to get on the podium. The current champion managed to ride third for a few minutes and Marc Mrquez, fifth placed, also threatened for a few moments to take that position away from him. When he knows his new Ducati even better, his ability to be at the top will also, for sure, be much greater.
Jorge Martín’s happiness for the victory, however, was slightly clouded by problems with the rear axle of his motorcycle. Something that, in his opinion, can condition him with a view to this Sunday. I have been close to falling in many corners, it has cost me a lot. If things continue like this, tomorrow it will be impossible. We have to work hard and we’ll see if we can enjoy a great race, confessed the winner of the sprint race at the end of the race. An obligation, to get on with things, which the second, Brad Binder, also wanted to reflect. Finishing on the podium is always fantastic. The pace was very fast in the first laps. “We are at another level, but we still have a lot of work to do,” said the South African.
I tried my hardest, but I lost time overtaking. We have to work on speed on the straight, because there it is easy for them to pass me, but I think that in the long race we will have our advantages, because we have kept the rear tire very well, stated Aleix Espargar. As for the rest of the Spanish drivers, Lex Márquez was seventh, the debutant Pedro Acostafor its part, achieved a creditable eighth place, just ahead of Maverick Viales, Ral Fernandez I finished fourteenth, Joan Mir was fifteenth, lex Rinsseventeenth, and Augusto FernndezFinally, he finished eighteenth. The only driver who hit his bones on the asphalt, in this case, was a Fabio Di Giannontonio which in turn gave the big scare by staying practically in the middle of the track. Fortunately, all the pilots taxiing behind his position were able to avoid him.
2024-03-09 16:51:53
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