MotoGP: Jorge Martin has capped a perfect weekend to claim both the Sprint and race win at the French Grand Prix.
‘I don’t know how good I am’: Despair and defiance drive MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin to new heightsIt’s not that he has a paucity of plaudits over which he can reminisce, but eyeing the past is a distraction from future goals. Winning the 2018 Moto3 championship was big. Winning races in Moto2, nice. Pole and a podium on his second MotoGP start in 2021, sure. But the speedy Spaniard is all about the next. Eyes forward, throttle twisted, steely gaze engaged.
Bagnaia, the reigning double world champion, hasn’t been this far behind the eight-ball in the standings for two years. “I think I’m always progressing. Every race, every year I am a better rider. You can see from my first season in MotoGP until now. I don’t know where is the limit.” That time came on lap 20 of 27, when Martin glanced at his pit board and realised that Marquez – who had climbed to third from 13th on the grid – had pulled the pin and hacked a second out of the advantage Bagnaia and Martin enjoyed up front, drawing to within 1.3secs with ample time left to vault past both riders. It was go time. Martin immediately tried to overtake Bagnaia at the Turn 3-4 chicane, but overcooked it. The next lap, he tried again, succeeded, and got his head down.
“I saw he was struggling a bit on some corners. It was difficult to make the move, he was strong and I went wide the first time. But the second time I did perfectly, and I was able to close the line and keep the position.
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