“It’s been a busy weekend, hopefully I’ll sign up soon and close this issue.”

The man from Pramac was overtaken a few meters from the finish line by Enea Bastianini, who was second on all laps of the race. A mistake at the end allowed the Ducati rider to gain the position and push Jorge Martin into third, much to the Spaniard’s frustration.

However, Martin managed to salvage a weekend that was very difficult due to problems on his base bike and a crash in the sprint on Saturday, causing Pecco Bagnaia to lose a total of 12 points plus the nine he scored that Sunday . 21 (now divided by 18).

Despite this, Jorge remains a firm leader of the championship with 171 points and goes into this three-week mini-break with the hope of signing a two-year contract with the official Ducati team.

“We saved a very difficult weekend, we knew where to go, it’s just experience for other times we have similar problems,” he said, referring to the problem with the front axle.

“With three laps left I was thinking about winning the race, but not quite believing it, I made a rookie mistake by opening the door to overtake Enea at the end, it really hurt me a lot,” he admitted.

“There were positives and we learned a lot this weekend,” he said, however, after finishing with a new podium.

Despite this, Bagnaia managed to become the great winner of the weekend at home.

“This weekend, on Thursday, you could already see that he belonged to Pecco, this is his track, and it has always been that way, being close to him is already a good job. Learning not to relax, to fight for a second or a third is a positive thing.” I don’t think what happened to me today will end up happening again. I’m disappointed with this overtaking, but I’m happy with the result, the work and I hope to take advantage of tomorrow’s tests, on Monday if it doesn’t rain. keep improving.”

It was a hell of a weekend for Martin as it began with the news that he had been selected for the official Ducati team next year, leaving him with a barrage of questions about it.

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“I wanted this weekend to happen already, it was stressful, I managed to focus a lot on riding but I couldn’t find the bike, I needed more help, with my regular bike it was no use, with yesterday’s bike I suffered. So with today’s bike I would finish on the podium in the sprint. We were able to change bikes and get out of the routine of holding the bike in place,” he said.

However, the stress had more to do with questions about his future.

“It’s been a tough weekend off the track and I hope this week or next we can put a pen to paper to not think about these things anymore,” he said, before admitting he was going to take a few days off. “I have Alex’s wedding and a few days off with my girlfriend,” concluded the Madrid native.