Pramac rider Martin had seized the early benefit on the Jerez circuit on Sunday, having handed each polesitter Marc Marquez and manufacturing unit Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia within the opening two laps of the grand prix.
Circulating nearly a second away from the chasing pack led by his 2023 title rival Bagnaia on the eleventh lap, Martin instantly misplaced the entrance of his Ducati GP24 beneath braking for Flip 6 and hit the bottom, struggling his first retirement of 2024.
The DNF shrunk his championship result in simply 17 factors, as Bagnaia capitalised on the error to clinch his first victory because the Qatar opener and transfer as much as second within the championship.
Talking afterwards with the media, Martin was perplexed by a crash that got here with out warning whereas he was managing his tempo on the entrance of the sphere.
“For certain [it was] a wierd crash,” he stated. “I’ll look just a little bit into it. I used to be precisely on the similar pace and I braked on the similar level [as previous laps].
“So it’s kind of unusual, we have to perceive a bit extra on the small print.
“I used to be making an attempt to be fixed on that tempo, 1m37.9, 38.0. It was an honest tempo to maintain the lead at that time of the race, making an attempt to save lots of a bit the rear tyre for the tip. I used to be centered and assured.
“For certain, I did not anticipate to crash in that tempo as a result of I used to be actually early into the nook, I used to be actually straight. We have to perceive to not repeat it once more.”
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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He added: “Perhaps there have been some corners the place I used to be risking a bit extra, however nook six wasn’t one in every of them. I used to be making an attempt to be fixed, I used to be braking all the time on the similar level. So we have to perceive the place and enhance for the long run.”
A number of riders had been penalised for working decrease tyre pressures in Saturday’s dash, which was gained by Martin.
However the Spanish rider would not suppose tyre strain had something to do together with his crash within the grand prix, as he and Pramac proceed to chase solutions for the “unusual” incident.
“We went a bit larger than yesterday so I used to be already in on the second lap. I have been in entrance. I believe it wasn’t a factor of the strain. I nonetheless did not perceive the crash.”
Martin’s exit elevated Bagnaia to the lead of the race, with the manufacturing unit Ducati rider resisting immense strain from Gresini’s Marquez within the remaining laps to take an epic win in his rival’s dwelling floor.
Bagnaia set a finest time of 1m37.449s en path to his third successive MotoGP win at Jerez, having additionally gained on the Spanish observe in 2022 and ’23.
Martin hinted that he would not have been in a position to match the tempo of Bagnaia had he made it to complete within the 25-lap contest.
“I noticed 0.2 on the pit board and I noticed he was struggling just a little bit,” stated the 26-year-old. “However I used to be making an attempt to all the time maintain the identical tempo. It is not that I pushed a bit extra.
“However immediately Pecco was, I noticed afterwards on the observe, he was excellent. His tempo was superb. I did not really feel like I had [1m]37.4, perhaps 37.6, 37.7. I may do it, however not 37.4, that is for certain.”