A positive return from the summer break for Jorge Martín. The Prima Pramac rider led both sessions on Friday at the British GP MotoGP, setting the best time in the afternoon practice: 1m57.911s, beating Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) by 0.045s.
The 2023 runner-up expressed his satisfaction with the day, stating on the championship’s website: ‘It was a really good day. For sure perfection it’s difficult to get, but I felt really good. Straightaway in the morning I felt good, then we kept the same bike for the afternoon. Then we had some issues, we tried to change a bit, but at the end overall I felt good in terms of pace, in terms of time attack. Let’s see if tomorrow we can keep this speed and these times with our rivals’.
Martín then said: ‘I did my personal best today, and in terms of pace I think I was… I feel I’m in a really good form at the moment, I feel I am able to do a lot of laps in the same lap time trying to be really constant and I’m really good physically. So overall I’m feeling good’.
Asked if starting at this level helps to dispel doubts and lack of confidence after the crash at the German GP, the #89 confirmed: ‘Yeah, 100%, it helps quite a lot. Honestly it was difficult to come back after the holidays, I was really good in the beach. But now we are here, and the best way to start is being first in both sessions. So let’s keep improving, keep working, and for sure now there are no doubts for the rest of the weekend’.