Jorge Martin’s championship prospects have been boosted ultimately weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix as he continued his distinctive consistency whereas Francesco Bagnaia crashed out.
Martin had arrived in Aragon trailing Bagnaia by 5 factors within the World Championship, after the Italian took victory in each the Dash and Grand Prix in Austria.
However a poor weekend for Bagnaia, points-wise, was matched by one other weekend of two second locations for Martin, who has completed second in all six races held because the summer season break.
Bagnaia’s weekend was accomplished by a late-race incident with Alex Marquez. After a poor begin, Bagania was coming by way of the sphere, and arrived at Marquez’s rear wheel with seven laps to go.
On lap 18, Marquez ran vast at flip 12, and, as Bagnaia tried to take benefit, the 2 made contact and fell a flip 13.
Martin gave his view of the incident within the post-race press convention, though he was clearly reluctant to lean too far in a single route or the opposite.
“It’s troublesome,” Martin mentioned. “You must ask Pecco [Bagnaia] and Alex [Marquez].
“For positive, it’s troublesome to see as a result of additionally there was lots of mud on that facet, so I feel Alex couldn’t lean extra, like occurred to Joe Roberts in Moto2 (Roberts crashed on the final lap whereas battling together with his American Racing teammate Marcos Ramirez), and eventually there was a contact.
“Hopefully they’re okay as a result of it appeared after the crash they have been near the bikes, so I hope they’re okay for the following race.”
After the incident, Bagnaia went to the medical centre the place it scans didn’t present that any bones have been damaged. The Italian did report, although, that he was feeling ache in his neck and left shoulder.
The subsequent spherical of the MotoGP World Championship, the San Marino Grand Prix, is that this weekend on the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Bagnaia entered this race in 2023 with an injured leg after he crashed within the Catalan Grand Prix, and this yr he could have the identical one-week recuperate interval after Aragon to be prepared for Misano.
Though Bagnaia has received twice in Misano within the MotoGP class, it was Martin who received each races in 2023, and the Spaniard this yr takes a 23-point championship result in his rival’s residence spherical.
