Simon Crafar believes Jorge Martin’s ‘clever’ performance at the Qatar MotoGP showed a new side that will scare his opponents.
But in the grand prix it was 2023 title rival Francesco Bagnaia who came out on top as Martin was also beaten to second spot by Brad Binder.Francesco Bagnaia had 10 minutes to adjust to totally new strategy in Qatar
The Spaniard set his best lap of the race with just one lap remaining, and it’s one of the reasons why Crafar believes Martin could end the year as world champion as it demonstrated a very ‘clever’ side to his riding. “When I went to his debrief he was worried about the grand prix and I thought he was going to drop like a stone at the end and not be able to manage that tyre.“When it came down to the fight Jorge managed it so well. He did the fastest lap of his race with one lap to go.
“KTM has a made step sword in all areas,” said Crafar. “I’m talking about the engine; that engine is fast! Acceleration, torque, top speed and then they have improved the front-end of the bike and Brad has something he can fight the others with.
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