Pramac’s Jorge Martin has admitted his crash out of the lead of the Indonesian MotoGP Sprint race is “difficult to explain.”
Martin looked to have the pace to cruise to victory after maintaining his lead from pole position, but a crash at Turn 16 on Lap 1 put an end to any chances of a win.
The Spaniard was able to rejoin the race and fought back to 10th, but earned no points after handing the victory to championship rival Francesco Bagnaia.
“The crash is difficult to explain, I still don’t understand why I crashed,” Martin told TNT Sports’ Gavin Emmett.
“I took a look into the data. It seems like the lean angle, the speed and the line was correct, so it’s not good because I still didn’t understand why.”
“I will really look into it to understand why and for sure be more careful tomorrow at [Turn 16].”
“About the race, I feel really good, I feel competitive. Today was a nice lesson about overtaking from last to tenth, so I think it’s good for tomorrow also to get this feeling of overtaking.
“In case we need to, I have the tools.”
Martin won’t “change anything” for Sunday’s Indonesian MotoGP race
Despite his crash in the sprint, Martin has admitted he is unlikely to change his strategy going into the race on Sunday.
The championship leader saw his advantage in the riders’ standings halved to just 12 points but believes if he changes his ways, there’s a chance he may not podium at Mandalika.
“Every crash is different. The good thing is that tomorrow I have another opportunity so I think the important thing is to take the positives and don’t change anything.
“If I change strategy because of the crash I could even be out of the podium so I will try to win, try to do my best and that’s the way to forget about today.”
“I think it’s important to not stop in the past. It’s already a crash, it’s OK and now it’s time to look to tomorrow.
“The good thing is tomorrow I have another opportunity, maybe if I had one week out now it would be a really bad situation.
“Now I have the chance tomorrow at a track where I am super fast so let’s keep the head down for tomorrow.
“Let’s try to do a good job and try to be on the podium.”
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