Qualifying on pole with a brand new Le Mans lap file, Martin transformed that to a dominant third dash win of the 2024 season.
With Francesco Bagnaia retiring with bike points and his manufacturing facility Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini solely fourth, Martin is now 28 factors clear within the championship.
This all comes as Martin’s 2025 future stays unsure, with Ducati’s choice between him, Marc Marquez and Bastianini set for the Italian GP on the finish of the month.
Earlier this week, Ducati normal supervisor Gigi Dall’Igna advised motogp.com that the marque has to “contemplate all of their historical past, not simply 2024”.
Requested if he considers himself the main Ducati rider proper now, Martin responded: “Nicely, I don’t know. I’m the chief [of the championship] so I suppose until now I used to be the strongest.”
He added: “I feel on the finish of the season [is when I’ll start to think about the championship].
“For certain it’s vital to be within the lead, however I feel it will likely be fascinating when we now have the possibility to win the championship.
“Until that second, there isn’t any sense to take a look at it. It’s good. Since Portimao it was [that I’ve been leading], so multiple month being within the lead.
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing
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“This implies we’re the strongest, this implies additionally some energy for contracts. I’m completely happy to be within the lead.”
Whereas feeling assured going into Sunday’s grand prix, Martin admits Pramac has to search out one thing to enhance entrance edge grip after it proved worse within the dash than anticipated.
“Up to now, an ideal weekend,” he mentioned.
“I’m tremendous completely happy. I feel we did an incredible efficiency to the dash. Tomorrow can be fascinating to grasp the place we’re on Sundays, however you additionally rating factors on Saturday, so it’s tremendous vital to be quick.
“I’m assured, I feel we now have some good data for tomorrow’s race as a result of I didn’t really feel as [good] as this morning on the entrance.
“I used to be shedding a bit on the sting grip, it was a lot lower than this morning.”
