Jorge Martín promises to be one of the strong candidates to win the GP of the Americas. This Friday, the Prima Pramac rider was the fastest in practice in Austin, with a new record lap – 2m01.397s – although the times at the top are not very far apart.
Despite the strong start, the 2023 vice-champion revealed that he believes he can do even better: ‘Well, I hope tomorrow will be a little better! It was definitely a good lap. I think I made two small mistakes, so I believe I have some room for improvement tomorrow – not much. And also with the track continuing to improve, because I think it improved a lot from FP1 to practice, so it will improve for tomorrow and we can be a bit faster. But I am happy‘.
Martín’s confidence is naturally high, but he is also aware that the task will not be easy: ‘In terms of pace, I feel really confident and I think even if many riders will improve tomorrow and it will be very challenging to be one of the strongest, I feel prepared and ready for anything‘.
The biggest difficulty for the Spanish rider was in sector 4 of Austin and the new asphalt between turns 16 and 18, but he expects improvements on the track for tomorrow and admitted: ‘I will study Enea [Bastianini] because he is quite strong in that area. But otherwise, I feel confident. With my standard bike, I always feel good and we haven’t changed anything on the bike from Portimão to here. So, I think it’s a good sign for the future as well because I am strong with my normal bike‘.
