2024 is the second consecutive season that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin have battled each other for MotoGP World Championship glory.

But in a reversal of last year, Pramac runner-up Martin has le🍌d the points standings for mo꧒st of the season.

The Spaniard is 10 points ahead of Bagnaia heading into this weekend’s Australian 💟MotoGP, the first of four remaining rounds.

Asked how he feels Martin has changed as a rider compared to last season, reigning double champion Bagnaia r🉐e🧸plied:

“I think the biggest difference compared to last season is that he started this season muꦡch beไtter.

“In terms of the points, he was [nearl෴y] always at the top. He led more or less all the championship apart from Qatar, because I won [round one], then Sachsenring and [Austria] where I was in front by a few points.

“He was quite constant, more than me, we had some unlucky situations for contacts or 🦩issues with the b💮ike.

“But what I think he has improved is that he kno🍃ws he can win, he knows he can be competitive. So this makes a huge difference.

“It’s the biggest difference I felt when I won my first race in MotoGP and the first time I fought for the champions🧸hip in 2021. This makes a huge change.

“But in terms of the mental side, I think🧸 you will not understand it until you arrive at the very last part of th𓂃e championship.”

Indeed, Bagnaia, who won both his MotoGP titles at the final round, against Fabio Quartararo (2022) and Martin (2023), revealed that the pressure of fighting for the world championship doesn’t get any ea💃sier.

“I thought that I was more prepared last year, compared to the year before when I didn’t sleep and I 🐟was nervous,” Bagna༒ia explained.

“I thought I was controlling well last year but then when I arrived in Valencia - I was feeling a bit better b✃ecause I had a 21-point lead - but the🐻 mental side was more or less the same.

“Beca🧔use you feel the pressure, it’s normal. And you ha♊ve to fight also against the pressure.”

2024 is the last time Martin and Bagnaia will fight for a MotoGP title on the same machinery for the foresee🌠able future with Martin switching to Aprilia after Marc Marquez was chosen as Bagnaia's 2025 factory Ducati team-mate.