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Martín egyáltalán nem ért egyet a versenybírók hétvégi döntésével
Jorge Martín, the Pramac Ducati rider, received a long-lap penalty after his strong third place finish in the MotoGP sprint race in Spielberg. This ended his chances of being on the podium in the Austrian main race, where he finished in 7th place. On Saturday, Martín was involved in two controversial incidents. Many saw him as the cause of the chaos in the first corner, and later in the race he was responsible for Luca Marini’s crash, which led to the long-lap penalty on Sunday. Martín still disagrees with the decision of the race officials: „I have watched the video many times and talked to many former riders, such as Randy Mamola, and journalists. These were situations where a combination of different things caused trouble. On Sunday, we saw a more aggressive move from another rider and nothing happened. It was particularly unfortunate for me that I had to serve the penalty in the main race, not during the sprint. This diminishes my chances, especially as I am fighting for the world championship.” Bagnaia scored the smoothest victory of the season in Austria, further increasing his lead in the standings. Considering the circumstances, 7th place is a respectable result for Martín, as he finished 12.9 seconds behind the winner Pecco Bagnaia. His gap in the overall standings has now increased to 62 points, and he is six points ahead of Marco Bezzecchi in second place. „I had an incredible start, coming from 12th to the third position for a brief moment. Then I dropped back to 14th, but eventually finished 7th. That was the maximum I could achieve. I had to overtake many riders, which cost me time and rear tire wear. In the end, I fought my way back well, although with the current tire pressure regulation, we cannot chase each other as we used to. We need to find a solution to this, otherwise we will only see boring races.” „It’s a shame, I had the pace for it. Maybe not for the win, but the second place definitely would have been within reach. I have the feeling that I would have been the only one capable of getting close to Bagnaia. We need to focus more on qualifying, if we fail there, we will only fight for second place in the championship.”
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