Jorge Martin believes beating Marc Marquez in the Jerez MotoGP sprint would have been a tough task had the Gresini rider not fallen from the lead.
Jorge Martin took the lead on the opening lap after passing Brad Binder at turn nine, and despite opening a lead of over one second, the championship leader quickly found himself under pressure.Pedro Acosta on second place in the championship: ‘Nobody expected that’
“But today, maybe the realistic position was second. But I'm happy. I did a great start and pushed quite a lot at the beginning. Marquez was the only rider to crash as four big name riders in Alex Marquez, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales all went down at turn five in the space of two laps.
“It was really complicated to finish today but we did it. I think we used a lot our experience to finish and get the most points possible.”
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