Jorge Martín won the MotoGP Thai Grand Prix on Sunday, leading the race for most of it. However, it was far from an easy win, as he had to fight hard until the end against a competitive Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM).
In a press conference, the Prima Pramac Spanish rider expressed no doubt that it was one of the best performances he has ever delivered, displaying a somewhat unexpected level of confidence: ‘For sure I think it was one of the best races of my life, that’s for sure. Normally when there is a big battle I struggle a bit to overtake or to brake hard, but I had that confidence that I could use to gain back positions, to fight back with Brad. And I didn’t expect’.
According to Martín, his pursuers, Brad Binder and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), were stronger in the final laps: ‘When they catch me in the last part of the race I think they were a bit faster than me. Even if I managed a lot the tyre they were a bit stronger, but I was able to fight back all the times. I thought Brad would pull away, but I was able to keep that small distance’.
The #89 also admitted that he hadn’t an easy task being first with a very small gap for so long: ‘Leading for 20 laps having one tenth of advantage to the second one is really mentally difficult, but I was able to keep that concentration until the end and to win’.