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A half victory for Jorge Martin in the Portimao sprint, who in spite of technical problems, such as vibration in the rear, managed to maintain his position and secure valuable points in view of the standings. Starting third from the front row after a good qualifying, the Spaniard suffered a drop and had to scramble to get back to the front of the race, where he will be awaited by a renewed Marc Marquez and ready to give battle, a duel from which Martin will then emerge defeated, complicit in a wide and vibrations for that matter already complained of during the tests in Qatar. A third place and precious points in the standings then, with a Binder fallen mid-race and out of the game and a Bagnaia who paid dearly for the long in the last stages, then closing in 4th position behind the ducatista of the Pramac team.
Are the vibration problems you complained about in testing back?
"Yes it was a complicated race," explained the Spaniard, "when Miller passed me at the beginning of the race I had to take off the gas, there I lost a lot and others passed me as well. To recover positions maybe I used the tire too much and the vibrations came back like in Qatar. Probably the very high front temperature also affected that problem. If I had a better feeling maybe I would have been able to pass Vinales and get some distance by improving the situation at the front, but anyway a podium net of these problems is still a positive result."
Yet you set the fastest lap, did the problems start by chasing Vinales?
"No I already had problems. There were two or three corners where I would have a chance to catch him, I got very close to him, but never close enough to try to overtake."
Then came Marc's overtaking.
"Today I had to manage this situation in some moments I couldn't even see the times I was doing. So when I went long I lost those 3-4 tenths that were enough for Marc to get closer. It was a mistake that cost me dearly, in a corner where I suffered throughout the race and where I suffered several overtakes, I am not the best in that corner. It was not a fight with Marc, he passed me and beat me. At least I was able to bring some points home. I hope I can do better tomorrow with the average, hoping that today's problem doesn't happen again."
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