Jorge Martín currently leads the MotoGP World Championship with only a 20-point margin over Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). However, other riders influence the title race by aggressively fighting for positions, taking risks because they have less to lose than the title contenders.
The Prima Pramac rider recently felt the heat from rivals’ aggression: first with Enea Bastianini (Ducati) at the Emilia-Romagna GP, and last week with Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) at the Australian GP.
And Martín’s feeling is that fighting with those riders is particularly challenging: ‘It’s difficult. From my position it’s quite difficult if you a race with somebody like Enea or Marc. It’s really difficult to beat them, because they have almost nothing to lose, so they don’t care if they crash. So, it’s difficult’.
The #89 rider then addressed both incidents – with Bastianini in Misano and with Márquez in Phillip Island: ‘I think that for example the move in Misano wasn’t correct, I think those five points are mine, because he went out of the track and he hit me completely out of the corner. Marc’s move was aggressive for sure, but he didn’t touch me, so I feel it was okay. He played his cards, let’s say, and he did an amazing race’.
Despite aiming to break away at the front at the Thai GP, Martín is aware that the race will likely be tight until the end: ‘Here, let’s see. If I have the chance, I will pull away, not giving a chance to anyone. But, for sure, I feel we will arrive to the last corner with Marc or somebody else’.