“I think I could get that first position but it was too much of a risk”
Jorge Martin believes he could have fought Francesco Bagnaia harder in the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix but “there was no sense” to take that risk.
After being held at bay by Bagnaia in their early tussle, Martin planned to sit behind his Ducati rival for an attack later on - but found “everything started to work quite bad” on his bike while in dirty air. “And at some point I tried to recover to Pecco, but then I made a mistake at corner nine and I said ‘Ok, Jorge, that’s enough’.
“I mean, I think I could get that first position but it was too much of a risk. I think that’s important, because in terms of riding style I think we were so, so close.
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