Pramac rider Martin had seized the early benefit on the Jerez circuit on Sunday, having handed each polesitter Marc Marquez and manufacturing facility 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 out of the blue 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 sector.
“For positive [it was] a wierd crash,” he mentioned. “I’ll look just a little bit into it. I used to be precisely on the identical pace and I braked on the identical 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 positive, 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: “Possibly there have been some corners the place I used to be risking a bit extra, however nook six wasn’t considered one of them. I used to be making an attempt to be fixed, I used to be braking all the time on the identical level. So we have to perceive the place and enhance for the longer term.”
A number of riders have been penalised for operating decrease tyre pressures in Saturday’s dash, which was gained by Martin.
However the Spanish rider does not suppose tyre stress had something to do along with his crash within the grand prix, as he and Pramac proceed to chase solutions for the “unusual” incident.
“We went a bit increased 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 stress. I nonetheless did not perceive the crash.”
Martin’s exit elevated Bagnaia to the lead of the race, with the manufacturing facility Ducati rider resisting immense stress from Gresini’s Marquez within the last laps to take an epic win in his rival’s house 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 capable of 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,” mentioned the 26-year-old. “However I used to be making an attempt to all the time hold the identical tempo. It isn’t that I pushed a bit extra.
“However right now Pecco was, I noticed afterwards on the observe, he was excellent. His tempo was wonderful. I did not really feel like I had [1m]37.4, possibly 37.6, 37.7. I may do it, however not 37.4, that is for positive.”