Martin took the lead away from Ducati manufacturing unit rider Francesco Bagnaia on Lap 4 and managed the lion’s share of the race till the ultimate lap at Misano.
Bagnaia’s teammate Bastianini acquired to second on Lap 5 and saved Martin in his crosshairs, and on the ultimate lap the #23 rider lunged the main #89 at Flip 4 to take high spot away.
Martin was left disgruntled by the transfer and made his emotions identified instantly after and as he crossed the end line, making a bras d’honneur gesture.
Publish-race, the Pramac Racing rider expressed his disappointment.
“I feel there was no room to make that manoeuvre,” stated Martin.
“There may be not quite a lot of sense to maintain speaking about it as a result of it gained’t change something.
“For positive, I feel I deserve that victory. A minimum of, if he makes a transfer, not less than do it clear and don’t contact me.”
The go was not investigated by MotoGP stewards, regardless of contact from Bastianini who additionally appeared to exceed monitor limits.
Gresini Racing’s Marc Marquez, a champion of six premier class titles, stated Bastianini’s transfer was not honest, noting that Bastianini had exceeded monitor limits in his view.
Nonetheless, even when Bastianini had been given a post-race long-lap penalty, Martin had backed off a lot that it might not have modified the race outcome.
“I noticed a replay. Enea was out of the monitor, additionally. So for me, it’s not good for the championship in search of our curiosity,” Marquez defined.
“For me, if Enea was out of the monitor too, [you should] drop one place as a result of while you do an aggressive overtake, if you’re contained in the monitor it’s no downside, however for those who exit of the monitor then it means drop one place.
“I’m not agreeing with that call (to not penalise Bastianini). It’s not good for our pursuits, the championship, but it surely’s like this.”
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Martin stated he’s not the kind of rider to go so aggressively however stated stewards had opened the door to a repeat.
“As Marc stated, if he would keep on the monitor – okay. I went large, that’s okay, however he was outdoors,” stated Martin.
“We converse generally with race route but it surely’s not all the time clear. It’s not all the time fixed.
“I stated earlier than, I suppose subsequent time if I have to do it, not less than for me it needs to be no consequence.
“Let’s see sooner or later. I’m not the rider that actually overtakes like this however I respect the choice and I transfer ahead.”
MotoGP resumes on September 27-29 on the Mandalika Worldwide Road Circuit for the Grand Prix of Indonesia.
