Polesitter Martin led Saturday’s first dash of the 2024 season from begin to end to attain his 10thhalf-distance race win because the format was launched final yr.
However the Spaniard admitted that rear chatter issues on used tyres that plagued him all through pre-season testing reared their head in Saturday’s dash.
As such, he felt he was “actually near crashing” on a lot of events throughout the 11-lap contest and thinks combating for a win within the grand prix on Sunday like this might be “inconceivable”.
“I used to be quick, however the rear chatter remains to be there,” Martin stated in parc ferme. “So, we have to work on it.
“I feel at the moment I used to be actually near crashing in a number of corners. So, I used to be struggling loads.
“Right now we achieved it [the win], however for positive tomorrow if we maintain like this [the chatter problem] will probably be inconceivable.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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“So, let’s work on it. I really feel assured, I really feel quick. The one factor is the bike, so we’re going to work on it tonight and let’s see if we will take pleasure in a giant one.”
Martin says the issue began “fairly early within the race”, and admits that with out the pole place and protecting Brad Binder behind him, he wouldn’t have been capable of win the dash.
“Properly, I feel fairly early within the race I began to have a little bit of an issue,” he defined. “I don’t need to get into it as a result of I don’t know if I can, however for positive I can’t journey completely, I really feel a bit an excessive amount of on the restrict.
“Now we have some concepts for tomorrow however it’s fairly tight to attempt within the warm-up after which race. So, tomorrow might be a troublesome race.
“I feel with out that pole place, or even when Brad overtook me in that first nook, I wouldn’t win, for positive. That’s why I attempted to maintain that place and shut the place to Brad.
“Then I used to be capable of maintain half a second [gap to Binder], that shocked me. I believed they have been going to catch me, however lastly they didn’t.”
Requested if he may see this drawback within the information of different Ducatis, he stated: “It’s a problem we now have to unravel and we’re wanting into it. A bit extra [of a GP24 issue]. Final season I didn’t have it.”
Bagnaia additionally hampered
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Group
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Reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who was fourth within the dash on his manufacturing unit group Ducati, was additionally hampered by rear chatter. However he thinks this was extra associated to tyre pressures than a basic difficulty with the GP24.
“I struggled loads with the tyre stress, each tyres,” Bagnaia stated.
“Usually it’s simply the entrance, and I began to have massive chattering from the rear. So, I attempted to do the utmost. Possibly the utmost was to complete on the rostrum, I don’t know.
“However as quickly as I arrived behind Brad, I struggled extra; extra motion from the entrance, the rear was not having traction, within the first a part of the acceleration it was pumping.
“So, perhaps we now have to enhance that. The bike is new, I’m new on this state of affairs as a result of I’ve by no means had chattering on the rear or rear tyre stress excessive.
“For tomorrow we already know how to comply with, as a result of I spent a number of time within the field understanding the state of affairs, and I feel the thought we now have for tomorrow is nice.”
