Jorge Martín’s Mental Toughness and Strategy for Victory in the Indian GP Sprint

Elite athletes, and especially the good ones, are differentiated among other things from the rest of mortals by their mentality, to fit in and overcome adversity, but also to live with a voracious hunger that has no comparison with normal people. … Use this intro to better understand the speech of Jorge Martín, the driver who has won with authority in the Indian GP sprint and who is already thinking about how to do it tomorrow, in the long race, even better…

“I’m sure I’ll improve. Only because I have understood the curves where I have to change the electronics a little and because I had that margin that I will surely have to take out tomorrow, like in Misano”, The Prima Pramac rider from Madrid said on TV, second overall, 33 points behind Bagnaia, who was second in the sprint, ahead of Márquez who returned to the podium 195 days later, since he was third in Portimao.

His summary of the race was the following: “I didn’t know how the race was going to be, because we have ridden little on this track. In the first lap I tried to push a little, but I started to make a lot of mistakes. I went wide in turn 4, in turn 13 as well… but, even so, I saw that I had half a second of advantage. From there, shooting with a pace of 1:44 high, which has been quite good. And above all, trying to understand the tires for tomorrow, thinking about the maps to work on the electronics for tomorrow. And then, keeping that distance from Pecco, which has been pretty good. I am happy”.

And regarding the use of the transparent helmet screen that he opted for for this occasion, he commented: “Even though the sun was low, I didn’t know how the track would be one hundred percent. Look, I don’t like my face to be seen, but I decided to go with the clear visor because in the training we had done before there was some area, like 4, where it was visible that it was soaked at the braking point. When I passed the first timed lap I saw 1:44, it impressed me and I was able to maintain it almost all the laps until I decided to keep the distance. Let’s say it was a good choice.”