2023-09-12 10:21:25
Jorge Martín is living proof that Ducati has the enemy at home. Those from Borgo Panigale are on their way to winning what would be their second consecutive MotoGP world title, the third in their history, again with a Pecco Bagnaia that this year is demonstrating the consistency and determination that it lacked throughout the 2022 season. and that, for the moment, it is only finding the rest of the Borgo Panigale machines as rivals.
With his two victories in the San Marino Grand Prix, Martín took the maximum possible points income, 37, a background that has reinforced the Madrid native in second position in the world championship and has brought him even closer to the championship leader, narrowing the gap with Pecco to 36 points when there are still eight weekends of competition left until Valencia, that is, 296 points to distribute.
In Misano, the one from San Sebastián de los Reyes recognized that, after two and a half years on the Desmosedici, “I get to know Ducati more and more” and that is also allowing him to progress as a driver: “I know where I can go, when braking I know if I can make the turn or not before I crash, knock on wood. But I’m getting to know it more, every lap I take I understand this bike more, I think that’s what I was missing. beginning of the year to get the most out of it.
That potential that Martín talks about is what he found in Misano from the first free practice on Friday; Although this track is not the best for him, Jorge soon realized that he and his Ducati had many options to win in San Marino, a track that is located just over an hour by car from Borgo Panigale, Ducati headquarters: “As soon as I went out on the trackI saw that he had a lot of potential, but to win everything, with the track record, taking all the possible points, It’s incredible, I’m very happy. “Especially doing it here at Ducati’s house, in front of two other Ducatis, has been brutal.”
Victory that, by the way, Jorge Martín wanted to claim despite the injuries that his two podium mates, Marco Bezzecchi and Pecco Bagnaia, had from the Catalunya Grand Prix, especially the #1 number, with problems even getting off the bike at the get to the closed park: “Maybe they noticed it during the weekend, but I have raced injured, with many injuries, and the moment you put on the helmet, if you are really on the track it is because you can do it, the adrenaline does not allow you to think about that (…). We have made a difference at Ducati, I don’t want my victory to be clouded by thinking that they had something.
Beating a rider who competes with your same motorcycle within an official team is not an easy task; for Jorgethe pressure to fight for the title must fall on Pecco and in any other driver who competes on a factory machine, although it does not prevent the #89 from trying to achieve something historic: seeing a satellite driver lifting the champion crown at the end of the season.
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In this regard, the Madrid pilot insists that “You always have to believe, until the end. It’s obviously the dream of my life, and it’s getting closer and closer. But I still think it’s not my responsibility, although if I continue to recover and have the possibility, I will go for it to the death“, clarified a Martín who is in his best sporting moment since he rose through the ranks.
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