Jorge Martin loved the rain this Saturday as much as his teammate Johann Zarco. The Spaniard from the Pramac team took advantage of the conditions to jump up the rankings. However, Sunday's race will be dry, the type of conditions faced on a Friday where he could not do better than fifteenth. However, he remains optimistic…
George Martin, made his way to the second row of the MotoGP grid passing, like his teammate Johann zarco finally second, through Q1. His view of the race. “ It was pretty good today “, reported George Martin Saturday evening in Motegi. “ FP2 was great. I think I had a really good rear tire. After that, I had a lot of difficulty in qualifying to achieve the same time as in the morning. Without FP3 we had to go straight into Q1 with a different bike, it was difficult. I then got back on my bike from FP2, but I still couldn't repeat the time. But of course I'm satisfied, from P15 on Friday to P5 today, it's really good”, summarized the Spaniard.
The pilot Ducati of the Prima Pramac team is also confident for the race 24 turns: “ I think we have good pace for the race, in the dry but also in the wet. I'm confident we can keep up with the faster guys on the second row », announced the winner of Spielberg 1 last year. “ But you will have to manage the rear tire a little at the beginning to still have a good tire at the end ».
Jorge Martin: “ Johann Zarco is definitely strong »
The rain on the day of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix redistributed the cards. Marc Marquez is in pole position, the leader of the world championship fabio quartararo is only 9th on the grid and the dominators from Aragón, the future Ducati factory duo bagnaia et bastianini, only on grid positions 12 and 15. This lets us predict a race that is at least indecisive... On this aspect, George Martin thinks for a moment, then explains: “ I see Marquez quite strong, Friday he set a good pace on medium tires. The choice of rear tire becomes interesting, medium or soft. We only had very little training time in the dry. Zarco is definitely strong, plus Fabio and Pecco, who start at the back. Aleix Espargaró is also next to me – everyone wants to be fast, especially at the start of the race. It is therefore important to still have good tires after 12 to 13 laps to be fast at the end ».
Sunday should remain dry, and this choice of rear tire will be the key element: “ this will be very important to me because I need to try a different configuration. But the difference is not that big. Even though I have to ride my standard bike, I feel competitive “, underlined the Madrilenian from 24 years. “ It's going to be interesting, but it's also quite cool in the morning, so we can't ride with the hard tires at the front. So warming up becomes important, but not too much. It's more about adapting a little better to the track and the trajectories » he finishes.
MotoGP Japan J2: Qualifying
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