Moto Gp: Jorge Martin edged past rival Bagnaia in the Thailand Sprint race, while Bastianini took out the honours in first place.
Over 43 minutes of a treacherous Thailand Grand Prix on Sunday in Buriram, Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin showed why this year’s MotoGP championship fight will be a head-to-head that’s the same as last year, yet different.
It’s now up to Martin to seal the deal, or Bagnaia to dig deeper than he ever has to keep what he’s worked so hard to earn. “It wasn’t an easy race, it was very long and stressful. As soon as I started, I saw that my feeling was very good and I saw Jorge pushing a lot, but I just decided to wait two more laps to make sure the rear was more ready and when it was, I just tried to catch him back.”
“It was risky today, but it was the only way to score points. We just gained five points , but they are super important right now.” While running deep into the third corner on lap five tossed away that advantage, the Pramac Ducati rider said afterwards that being behind Marquez helped him finish the race, as his compatriot’s crash contributed to him rescuing his own at turn eight, where several riders fell as rivulets of water made the track extra treacherous.“But straight away I started to see that the feeling wasn’t the feeling I had … at some point I saw they had something else.
“Trust me, it was a really long race. The last few laps, I was thinking ‘f**k, I just want it to be in dry’, I thought in dry I had something more than Pecco . He was super strong today, he’s a great champion. He’s not a three-time world champion because of nothing. I tried to give his pace, so just losing three points is a really good weekend. For me, it’s a pleasure to be at this part of the championship battling with him.
“I was able to find my way through and settle in a bit in fourth, and then when Marc threw it down, in third. But I was really suffering with the front-end from the mid-point of the race, after 10 laps … cooked the front tyre. With about three laps to go I had nothing left in the centre of the tyre and I was getting hunted … I tried to throw everything I could at it to stay on the podium, but it wasn’t to be. But we rode a good race, the pace was really good and consistent.
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