Martin was imperious in Saturday’s dash on the Qatar GP to chop Francesco Bagnaia’s championship lead all the way down to seven factors and drive the title battle to the Valencia finale subsequent week.
However in Sunday’s grand prix, Martin struggled from the off and ended up 14.819s off winner Fabio Di Giannantonio down in tenth, together with his deficit to Bagnaia – who was second – rising to 21 factors.
Martin blamed his kind on a rear tyre that “was like a stone” from the beginning of the 22-lap race and has raged in opposition to Michelin – although refused to call the tyre provider.
“It’s obscure,” he started. “Appears like I forgot to journey.
“I feel you may see firstly when the rear tyre began spinning, it was like a stone.
“Usually this occurs when the monitor is soiled. It wasn’t, as a result of it was the grid, and when the tyre perhaps has 30 laps [on it], and it didn’t as a result of it was new.
“So, you possibly can guess what occurred by your personal. From that time I attempted to handle just a little bit however I felt I used to be crashing each nook on the rear.
“It’s a pity {that a} championship like this, after such an incredible season, working onerous, I really feel like they [Michelin] stole it from me as a result of I feel I may do it [win] earlier than this race.
“Now it’s actually troublesome. So, no matter. I feel it’s troublesome to know what occurred precisely.”
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Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
Martin added that the issue solely emerged firstly and “after three laps I understood that it was inconceivable to do the identical” as he did within the dash.
On the time of his media debrief, he had but to talk to Michelin, however says it’s “unacceptable {that a} MotoGP championship is determined by a tyre”.
On Friday in Qatar, Martin complained of an absence of rear grip, whereas Bagnaia struggled for tempo within the dash as a result of identical downside.
Problematic tyres have compromised riders’ races prior to now, however when requested what they will do to finish this situation, Martin replied: “I feel they don’t even perceive what occurred.
“I assume they don’t wish to determine a championship. They wish to be aggressive. I feel so, I hope so, that they wish to give us the identical circumstances.
“However I misplaced 1.5s of tempo in sooner or later. I feel I didn’t neglect to journey and I feel they should enhance and they should analyse so it doesn’t occur once more sooner or later.
“Hopefully I can battle for championships sooner or later, however at the moment I really feel an enormous loss as a result of it’s actually troublesome [to win the championship] now.”
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Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
Martin is satisfied he may have overwhelmed his rivals on Sunday underneath regular circumstances and says the feelings he felt have been “like a relationship” in 40 minutes.
“In some unspecified time in the future I began laughing, as a result of it’s not that they beat me on monitor,” he stated.
“With the identical circumstances, belief me, I used to be capable of beat them at the moment. However sooner or later I used to be pissed off, I used to be dissatisfied.
“It was like an enormous relationship, however just for 40 minutes. I had all of the moments. I’m pissed off for positive as a result of I feel I deserve this championship additionally and we misplaced an enormous half at the moment.”
UPDATE: Michelin says it’s nonetheless analysing what occurred with Martin’s tyre and confirmed that it was by no means used previous to the grand prix.
