Pramac, Fonsi Nieto praises Jorge Martin and points the finger at Pecco Bagnaia
During an interview given to the microphones of the Spanish newspaper “AS”, the Rider Performance Director of Prima Pramac Fonsi Nieto, among the various topics covered, wanted to praise the maturity shown by Jorge Martin in managing the race from start to finish . In addition, the former rider also focused on the contact between Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia in the final stages of the GP.
I think the contact between Bagnaia and Marquez was definitely avoidable. Pecco was a little off the line and that's why he collided with Marc, these are races and it's very difficult to say, but he could have avoided the fall” began the Pramac team engineer.
“You don't need to get to four seconds. One is fine. If they had gotten closer, Jorge would have pushed a little more. He maintained the distance without making a single mistake throughout the race. I see him as super mature, with a clear goal in mind, which is to reach the end of the year as high as possible and without taking unnecessary risks for a few more points in a Sprint. In Portimao I saw the best Martin ever” added the former Spanish driver.
“During the Sprint I was afraid that they might fall, because last year Bastianini went off the track in that very corner, suffering a serious injury which compromised his season. We knew that with the medium rear we had something more than the others, because Martin never felt completely at ease with the soft tire” concluded Fonsi Nieto.