Jorge Martín had the potential to at least finish on the podium at the MotoGP San Marino GP. However, he decided to switch to the bike with wet tires as soon as the rain intensified, but the rain stopped shortly after, forcing him to switch back to slick tires. This caused an irreparable delay, and he finished 15th. Although he earned one point, he saw Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) close the gap in the championship standings.
Asked why he decided to stop, the Spanish rider from Pramac replied: ‘Because it was raining. For sure it was possible to wait more two or three laps, and it was the right choice. I didn’t do the right strategy, that’s for sure. Maybe I was thinking more about the race and not about the championship, so I felt that to win the race was better to stop, and I stopped. The next time I will just wait behind Pecco and do the same’.
Having realized he didn’t make the right choice, Martín didn’t stop trying: ‘I was trying to do my best, even after the decision. I was stuck behind a group. I could overtake them all, but maybe it would be a black flag, so I just waited. I got one point at least’.
Regarding how wet the track was when he decided to swap bikes, the #89 said: ‘It was very wet. I think even [Franco] Morbidelli crashed, so for sure it was wet. I think if kept the same as it was, I would have won. But from one lap to another, it stopped. As soon as I exited from the box, I realized… I waited a little bit, so maybe it was raining again. But I understood that the best option was to go back. At least I got one point’.
On the other hand, Martín admitted that therw wasn’t an ideal communication with Pramac about the forecast before the race: ‘We didn’t speak about it, so I didn’t know exactly what was coming, so that was maybe why I stopped. For sure it’s really important to communicate with the team, and maybe this time there was a bit of misunderstanding between us. It was 100% my fault, but it’s always useful to get feedback and have more information before the race’.