MotoGP champion Jorge Martin threatened not to make TV appearance
Newly-crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Martin was the victim of a fierce battle for an audience between two TV shows that compete for the prime-time television slot in Spain. Four days after celebrating his first title in the premier class at Barcelona, Martin had agreed to appear on La Revuelta, a television show presented by David […]
The mental metamorphosis that helped Martin secure his first MotoGP title
As Jorge Martin stood in parc ferme at the Barcelona circuit wearing the Terminator overalls that commemorated his first MotoGP championship title, a figure watched him from afar, diluted in the people who crowded the pitlane, standing next to Jorge Lorenzo. Xero Gasol is a psychologist who is used to working with sportsmen and women, […]
The pivotal moments in Jorge Martin’s MotoGP title win
There is no denying that Jorge Martin’s MotoGP triumph in 2024 was built on consistency. No other rider was able to finish on the podium week-in, week-out like the Pramac Ducati man. But while Martin’s ability to consistently deliver those top-three results ultimately won him the big prize, there were also some standout moments that […]
the MotoGP champion who wanted «justice» and not luck
After Alex Criville (1999), Jorge Lorenzo (2010, 2012 and 2015), Marc Marquez (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and Joan Mir (2020), Jorge Martin is only the fifth rider from Spain to win a premier class title. In addition, his success this year marked the first for a rider with a satellite team since […]
Martin «couldn’t ride» through «crying» in last laps of Barcelona finale
Newly-crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Martin says he “couldn’t ride” and was crying under his helmet during the final laps of the Barcelona Grand Prix. Pramac rider Martin claimed his first MotoGP title with a safe third-place finish in the final round of the season, beating race winner and factory Ducati rival Francesco Bagnaia to the […]
You will have to shoot Martin for him to finish worse than fourth
Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi joked that someone would have to shoot Pramac rider Jorge Martin for him to finish lower than fourth in Sunday’s MotoGP finale in Barcelona. Martin is on the verge of winning the 2024 MotoGP title in his final race appearance on a Ducati, despite factory rider Francesco Bagnaia comprehensively outperforming […]
Bagnaia’s mistake or Martin’s success?
Last Saturday, after crashing out on the third lap of the sprint race at Sepang while fighting his rival for the win and the championship crown, Francesco Bagnaia was both hurt and bewildered. The reigning world champion was unable to find a rational explanation for the five zeroes he has accumulated so far in the […]
Why would we need to be enemies off the track?
Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin feel there is no reason why they should be “enemies outside the track” as they fight for the 2024 MotoGP title. For a second season in a row, Bagnaia and Martin have been in a class of their own in MotoGP, with their championship battle set to culminate in next […]
Should MotoGP reconsider its emphasis on sprint races?
«When you win 10 grands prix and you are still 24 points behind, something is wrong.» Complaints about a format by a competitor who has failed to master that format must always be read with due caution. They are to be expected. But Francesco Bagnaia may just have a point when it comes to the […]