Jorge Martin reveals new reason for pitlane decision after “what the f***” shock
Newly released footage provides a new perspective

Unseen footage has revealed a fresh reason for Jorge Martin’s disastrous decision to go 💖into the pits at l෴ast weekend’s San Marino MotoGP.
Martin wa♕s the first rider to react to raindrops falling by pulling into the pitlane for a change of tyres.
The mov💫e backfired as the track immediately dried up, leaving Martin languishing in 15th while title rivals Marc Marquez (who won) and Pecco🍸 Bagnaia (runner-up) gained ground in the championship standings.
Martin was consoled in his garage♓ afterwards: “That🌌’s just how it goes, man…”
He responded: “After♐ that, I couldn’t, I had to wait. I coul🍰dn’t pass anyone unless they sent me out.
“Tཧhen with Vinales behind, I stopped. But afterwards I was 💝fast.
It’s one point. F***!
“I could do laps in the low 1:35s easily.”
Newly released footage showed Martin and Bagnaia’s candid chat shortl⛦y after the race ended.
“Pecco, 𒈔man… for f*** sake,” said an almost speechless Martin.
Bagnaia replied: “I saw you go in and thought ‘wha𓆏t the f*** is he doing!’”
Martin revealed that he expected Bagnaia to pit first. He said: “ﷺIt 𒊎was raining, raining a lot. I thought ‘he stuck his leg out, so he will stop…’”
Bagnaia explained: “Because I wanted to touch.”
Martin: “But then I came out an🍬d it wasn’t raining anymore. No!”
Bagnaia: “The weather can change in a second.”
More new footage showed ♏Bagnai🌳a privately talking to his engineers while Marquez partied in the background.
Bagnaia was told: “F***, if you came into the pi♋tlane we would have ꦍbeen f*****!”
The MotoGP champion repﷺlied: “It’s lucky we didn’t.”
Bagnaia was asked: “Did you think about it?”
He said: “It didn’t smell like rain.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cove🔯ring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.