With one lap remaining at the German GP, Jorge Martín crashed while leading the race with a small but reasonable gap to Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). It is not the first time that the Prima Pramac Racing rider has lost a potential victory in similar circumstances, as similar incidents occurred at the 2023 Indonesian GP and this year’s Spanish GP.
Was it a mistake caused by Bagnaia’s pressure? Ricard Jové explained it in the Dura la Vita podcast: “A forced error. I am not one to radicalise situations. It is a mistake, because with two laps to go, having a gap of 0.6 or 0.7 seconds at Sachsenring, of course it is a mistake; I think he had 90% of the race under his belt. But it is a forced error, of course it is, because with eight laps to go he had a gap of 0.9 seconds, and in those last four laps, it was 0.5/0.6 seconds; of course he felt it. And that caused him.‘.
The commentator continued: ‘Making a drama out of a mistake that Pecco also made in the past – remember Austin when… (Alex) Rins put pressure on him‘.
Asked about the difference from Martin’s crash at the Spanish GP, Jové replied: ‘Not many, because if you ask Jorge he would tell you that the same thing happened to him, etc., etc., and that he lost the front end, which was very easy both at the Pedrosa corner in Jerez and at the first corner of Sachsenring. So the only problem is what comes next, which is managing that frustration, that anger, getting back up and not making mistakes. That’s what comes next, and for me Pecco has managed it very well the times he has made mistakes, which have not affected him.‘.
