Jorge Martín dominated the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix Sprint, leading from start to finish from pole position. His main rival was Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM), although he never managed to be in a position to overtake.
The Prima Pramac rider admitted that if he hadn’t led from the start, he wouldn’t have been able to win the Sprint race, hence the importance of keeping Binder behind him: ‘I think that without the pole position or even if Brad overtook me in the first corner, I wouldn’t win for sure. That’s why I tried to keep that position and close the place to Brad. Then I was able to keep half a second until the end, which surprised me. I thought they would catch me, but finally they didn’t. Let’s see if we can make the surprise in the main race’.
When asked if he believes that KTM has closed the gap to Ducati, Martín believes they have, at least at the Losail circuit: ‘Here at least they are closer, let’s see in other tracks. For sure with a lot of laps we have a lot of information, then when we go to another track I think we are a bit better – our package is already working and sometimes they struggle. For this track, they will be really difficult to beat in the main race’.