A good recovery
Bad start from his pole position, Jorge Martin found himself in fourth place after a few laps of the British Grand Prix. However, the Spaniard kept calm, managing to pass first Marc Marquez and then teammate Marco Bezzecchi. It was not possible, however, to close the gap to Raul Fernandez, who had gone on the run with an advantage that had exceeded 4 seconds.
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Martin thus finished second at the checkered flag, bringing home 20 very precious points in the championship race.
With 240 points, the Aprilia Spaniard now leads by 31 points teammate Marco Bezzecchi, by 37 Ai Ogura and by 40 Marc Marquez.
Martin talks about his race
To the microphones of Sky Sport Italia, Jorge Martin commented on his Silverstone race: “I am happy, but I wanted to win. I lost the opportunity at the start, my device stayed down because I didn’t brake and it didn’t come back and I lost many positions. I tried to stay calm and cool and recover, but the gap Raul made was really hard to close. I expected him to lose the tire but instead no.
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Aprilia did a great job to get me back with speed, let’s see the next races. I think that without the problem at the start I would have won, when I was 2nd I recovered 2″ on Raul, also having lost time with Ai and with Marc. Important to learn from mistakes and not make the same next time. I came back to my speed and every extra lap I feel more comfortable on the Aprilia. The lowering device at the start? I don’t decide, this time it was more a mistake of wanting to keep first place without braking. It was impossible for it to come back.”
