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Jorge Martin 's redemption after his crash at the Sachsenring was not long in coming. In fact, the Spaniard of the Pramac Racing team came within a step of victory in the Silverstone Sprint race, which ended in second place, behind Enea Bastianini, after leading the race until the last few passes. A performance that allowed Martinator to reduce the gap to Francesco Bagnaia in the championship standings to just one point, also taking advantage of the crash that ended the Piedmontese rider's race.
"I think the situation was not so bad in Germany and it is not so good now. The important thing is to keep improving and learning. Today was a very important day to build confidence. Obviously, given also Pecco's crash, I tried to win, but Enea was a little bit stronger, " Martin commented at the end of the race. " I tried until the end, trying to induce him to make a mistake even though he had taken some margin. I gave it my all."
Despite having given everything, Jorge was unable to hold off Bastianini or overtake him.
"I had some problems with fuel consumption - he explained - I had to switch to the second map on the second lap and this did not help me to attack: I had less power, I could not exploit the package at 100%, so I think that if we have a normal situation tomorrow I can attack - he recounted - If I can fight with Enea? At full power yes. I think I'm a little stronger with the medium rear tire. Today I didn't feel great with the soft. I also had to make more use of cornering speed because, as I said, I had a little less power, so I used used the tires a little too much at the beginning and I had nothing left to fight with Enea, but I think tomorrow will be a different story."
Indeed, the Madrid native does not think that fuel consumption could become an even bigger problem in tomorrow's Grand Prix.
"I don't think so. It was not a miscalculation, we used all the fuel we could use, but we did not expect to be so fast. We were turning almost the same as in qualifying and so we consumed more fuel, " he explained, " I lost that tomorrow we will have to manage the rear tire a little bit more and that will certainly help with the fuel consumption and if I see that it won't be enough, then I will have to try to catch some slipstreams to try to conserve fuel for the end."
Now that he has reduced the distance from Bagnaia, the Iberian rider will have the opportunity to take back the lead in the championship standings as early as the end of the GP.
"It will not be important to leave Silverstone as the leader, but to be close. It is clear that the most important thing will be to arrive in Valencia with chances, so we will need to continue to earn points from race to race. Obviously it would have been a pity if I had fallen today, but that was not the case, so it will be important to continue to grow and stay on the piece, because the level continues to increase," said the 26-year-old, who on the subject of Bagnaia's fall added, "I didn't see his fall so I can't make who knows what comment, but that point, where we start to bend under braking, is complicated."
Asked then about his choice of tires for the Sprint, Martin said, "I was absolutely sure that the medium was my option, because the hard was really on the limit. I think Aprilia didn't use the hard because they really struggled with the medium, but if I had to choose the tire for the Sprint now I would opt for the hard because I was on the limit at the end of the race. I couldn't brake hard and you saw that Enea was much stronger."
Although he also adopted the modification made yesterday on the front in the Sprint, the Pramac team rider still needs to make a step forward in that area.
"I used the same bike as yesterday, but I think it's a bit on the limit now at the front, because I struggled and I feel I used the tire too much ," he explained, " When I'm fast, the first lap is good, but then I start to struggle and have less confidence in the corners. This is the area where we will have to improve. We will try something tomorrow in the warm-up."
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