2023-11-19 19:55:51
Jorge Martin is now traveling to the World Cup final in Valencia in a pretty hopeless World Cup situation. He took a hard stance once morest tire supplier Michelin.
At the meeting with the GP journalists, Jorge Martin said following the disappointing tenth place at the Qatar GP that he had not yet spoken to those responsible at Michelin regarding the plight of the rock-hard rear tire, which had destroyed his chances for the title. Because 21 points can hardly be caught up once morest the consistent Pecco Bagnaia in Valencia next weekend.
“I just spoke to my team and told them: ‘It’s a shame that this had to happen to us today.’ But what happened is unacceptable, they need to improve. Now the MotoGP World Championship has been decided by a tire… Pecco said that this has happened to him too, but it has never happened to me. It’s a shame that it happened now of all times. It was difficult to hold on until the checkered flag under these circumstances. I’m proud that I brought the bike to the finish line because the situation was super complicated.”
“Everything was fine on the motorcycle,” assured the Pramac Ducati factory rider. «But if the tire doesn’t work, even the best motorcycle is of no use. I had the same feeling as on slippery Friday when the asphalt was still dirty. But today the slope was clean…”
“It’s hard to accept because yesterday I sprinted at a pace of 1:53.0 min, and on Sunday I was 1.2 seconds slower than the pace of the leaders. And I think I’m usually faster. That’s difficult to understand, we now have to analyze it carefully and ask the tire supplier a few questions.”
What feelings did Jorge feel during the 22-lap race? «At a certain point I mightn’t help but laugh. Because they didn’t beat me on the slopes. You can trust me: under the same conditions as on Saturday, I would have won once more today. Then came a phase where disappointment set in. It was an emotional rollercoaster that lasted 40 minutes. I’m certainly frustrated because I’m convinced that I deserved this World Cup. But today we lost a lot of our chances.”
Michelin has been supplying the standard tires since 2016, and almost every weekend certain drivers complain regarding tires not working or hard compounds that are softer than medium or vice versa.
But never before has such flawed quality decided a World Cup. And at Bridgestone, which supplied the standard tires from 2009 to the end of 2015, such complaints were never heard.
“I think they don’t know what happened themselves,” said Jorge Martin indignantly. “They want to be competitive and have no intention of influencing or deciding the World Cup in such a way. I don’t want to imagine anything else… Normally they should let us all drive under the same conditions. But I can’t lose 1.5 seconds of pace in 24 hours. I haven’t forgotten how to drive. You need to improve and analyze why this happened. You have to make sure it never happens once more.”
Results MotoGP race Doha (11/19):
1. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, 22 Rdn in 41:43.654 min
2. Bagnaia, Ducati, +2.734 sec
3. Marini, Ducati, + 4,408
4. Viñales, Aprilia, +4,488
5. Binder, KTM, + 7,246
6. Alex Márquez, Ducati, + 7,620
7. Quartararo, Yamaha, + 7,828
8. Bastianini, Ducati, +8,239
9. Miller, KTM, + 11,509
10. Martin, Ducati, + 14,819
11. Marc Márquez, Honda, +14,964
12. Zarco, Ducati, +17,431
13. Bezzecchi, Ducati, + 17,807
14. Mir, Honda, +18,673
15. Augusto Fernández, KTM, + 21,455
16. Morbidelli, Yamaha, + 21,474
17. Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, +22,142
18. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +27,194
19. Nakagami, Honda, +27,740
– Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 16 laps back
– Lecuona, Honda, 1st lap not completed
Results MotoGP Sprint Doha (18.11.):
1. Martin, Ducati, 11 Rdn in 20:52,634 min
2. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +0.391 sec
3. Marini, Ducati, + 2,875
4. Alex Márquez, Ducati, + 3,370
5. Bagnaia, Ducati, +3,957
6. Viñales, Aprilia, +4,239
7. Binder, KTM, + 5,761
8. Quartararo, Yamaha, + 6,454
9. Augusto Fernández, KTM, +8,285
10. Zarco, Ducati, +8,314
11. Marc Márquez, Honda, +9,596
12. Miller, KTM, + 10,173
13. Bezzecchi, Ducati, + 10,646
14. Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, +11,117
15. Morbidelli, Yamaha, + 12,163
16. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +12,745
17. Lecuona, Honda, + 19,285
18. Nakagami, Honda, +26,238
19. Mir, Honda, +28,446
20. Bastianini, Ducati, +35,553
– Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 10 laps back
– Oliveira, Aprilia, 1st round not completed
MotoGP World Championship standings following 37 of 39 races:
1. Bagnaia, 437 Punkte. 2. Martin 416. 3. Bezzecchi 326. 4. Binder 268. 5. Zarco 204. 6. Aleix Espargaró 198. 7. Marini 194. 8. Viñales 192. 9. Quartararo 167. Alex Márquez 165. 11. Miller 163. 12. Di Giannantonio 134. 13. Morbidelli 93. 14. Marc Márquez 89. 15. Bastianini 84. 16. Oliveira 76. 17. Augusto Fernández 71. 18. Rins 54. 19. Nakagami 52. 20. Raúl Fernández 40. 21 Pedrosa 32. 22. Mir 26. 23. Pol Espargaró 13. 24. Savadori 9. 25. Folger 9. 26. Bradl 8. 27. Pirro 5. 28. Petrucci 5. 29. Crutchlow 3.
Constructors’ World Championship:
1. Ducati, 663 points (world champion). 2. KTM 348. 3. Aprilia 309. 4. Yamaha 187. 5. Honda 174.
Team World Cup:
1. Prima Pramac Racing, 620 Punkte. 2. Ducati Lenovo Team 531. 3. Mooney VR46 Racing 520. 4. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 431. 5. Aprilia Racing 390. 6. Gresini Racing 299. 7. Monster Energy Yamaha 260. 8. CryptoDATA RNF 120. 9. Repsol Honda 115. 10. LCR Honda 112. 11. GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 93.
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