George Martin: "We lack a few tenths to fight them"

Spaniard Jorge Martín (Ducati Desmosedici GP22), third in the official MotoGP classification of the Dutch Grand Prix at the TT Assen circuit, admitted afterwards that he was “missing a few tenths of a second”, but said that he can “fight for the podium”.

“Looking at the fourth free practice session and the speed of Fabio and Pecco, I can see that we are missing some ten parts of a second, but I think we can fight for the podium and if we make a good start , we will be. fighting them, “he said.

“The truth is I was behind Bezzecchi, and he was behind Fabio. We were running pretty fast and I thought I could improve a little bit in the second stint, but when I improved, in turn four I missed and I crashed, despite the fact that I got up and proceeded to achieve a 1:32 in the end, with failures in the steering wheels and the broken wings ”, he explains about the session.

“Overall, I feel good on all the circuits. There are some corners where I’m a bit lacking and I hope to improve a little bit. To be with them. I usually feel better than in the fourth free practice and I hope to find others to warm up to be the best I can be ”, assured the native rider from San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid).

Regarding his performance, he pointed out: “What has changed is the experience. This is my second season in MotoGP and it is also true that the fairing of the bike has helped us with this type of circuit, with changes of direction. And about the physical that condition we have improved and the bar has been raised ”.

“This is the last race before the summer and we have to be one hundred percent, I prefer races where you have to manage, where you have to consider the physical aspect, because I work with a high pulse. of the heart and Montmeló and Sachsenring are two very demanding circuits, but we gave the type, so on this one as well ”, admits Jorge Martín.