One race away from the MotoGP world title, Jorge Martín is looking forward to tomorrow’s race with enthusiasm, but above all he is showing a calm and serene approach, with race management being decisive, as well as his emotions.
These, today after qualifying, made the driver ‘nervous’, but then everything settled down.
‘The strategy [for tomorrow] I think has to be the same: try to be on the podium, but of course control the risk.I think the battle with Enea kept me very focused the whole time and that’s the aim: to stay focused, have fun and if something happens on the last lap I’ll have to control the risk and not get into a fight.I’ll do what I have to do to win the title’ said Martín.
If he made any mental calculations, or thought about the points and the gap to Bagnaia, Martín made it clear that he didn’t: ‘I just focused on giving my all, I tried to be second but it was very difficult to be second today, believe me, and it was easier to get away and be calmer.I tried to be at the top all the time but it was difficult to finish on the podium because many riders had a strong pace with the hard [front] tire.Tomorrow we’ll see, I don’t know what people are going to do, but I think the soft is right at the limit for the race’.
The driver admitted his state of nerves and could hardly eat:
– I was very nervous after qualifying when I was eating.I’d hardly eaten anything today, my stomach was very closed, and I was very nervous at the time but then I tried to sleep a bit, take a cold shower and for the race I was very calm, in a good moment.If I have to manage at the end that’s what I’ll do, but if I have to push I’ll push, it depends on the situation.
On the subject of a victory to end the year, Martín replied: ‘It’s difficult for me, it’s difficult for Pecco, but if I can clinch the title like this, it would be very emotional’.