Revealed: Martin, Bagnaia and Binder’s private reaction to epic race highlights
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The victorious Martin told his rivals: “I’m very tired.”Bagnaia: “I was expecting a faster pace.”Martin: “But if not, you weren’t getting to the end. I was controlling it a bit. But with 12 laps to go, I tried to push but there was nothing left.“If you were pushing at the beginning, it was worse for me.”Bagnaia: “I pushed the whole race because…“I had a lot of fights.“I was recovering a lot. Under braking and in Sector 3.“But you were very strong at Turn 1 and 3.”Martin: “On the exit?”Bagnaia: “Yes.”Martin: “Because you used the tyres more. I never opened the throttle.”Bagnaia: “You could have used the soft.”Martin: “Are you crazy? You gave me three seconds.“When I saw you on the outside I thought ‘No! This is too much!’“I would have been embarrassed.”Bagnaia: “You braked very slowly.”Martin: “I closed the line a lot.”Bagnaia: “I don’t know if it was for a reference.”Martin: “When you were first in the last corner, you were like this [mimes leaning over]. I never stopped worrying.”
Remarkable highlights of the battle between the podium trio played out on a TV as they watched.Binder teased “Sorry mate” as they watched a replay of their cat-and-mouse antics.Bagnaia: “Also, Alex Marquez with the soft.”Binder: “Ah yeah?”Martin: “That’s why he was fast. No? How did he finish?”Bagnaia: “He ed.”Binder: “What was the gap to fourth?”Martin: “It wasn’t that much. Because I saw them.”Binder: “I saw just the group so I don’t know how far they were.”Martin: “I was always 0.1s, 0.2s.”Martin said as the epic last lap was replayed on TV: “I used the tyre there.”Bagnaia: “I said ‘maybe he will do the same as me and I will take advantage’.”Martin: “Wow, it was a nice race.”Binder: “This last one I had to close!”Bagnaia: “Like the end at Sachsenring.”Martin: “This was amazing.”Martin: “I pushed like it was a time attack. The last lap, mamma mia.”Martin asked Binder: “What happened? Did you touch the green?”Binder replied: “Yes, I lost the front at Turn 4.”Related Worrying warning to Bagnaia: “Back to drawing board” | “Do something special!” Ducati boss makes crucial promise for Bagnaia and Martin’s title battle
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