Jorge Martin (2nd): Victory at Silverstone was already out of reach after Turn 1
MotoGP rider Jorge Martin reflects on his second-place finish at Silverstone, attributing his loss of the win to a technical error with his bike's ride-height device at the start. Despite securing pole position and a sprint victory, the mistake forced him to fight back through the field during the main race.
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Pole position, a sprint victory and second place in the MotoGP race: the twelfth race weekend at Silverstone could hardly have gone better for Jorge Martin. The Spaniard knows exactly where he lost the win.
This article is an automatically generated English version. The original article was published in German.
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