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Jorge Martín, the flying rookie who has made a 'match' with Ducati and breaks records for precocity in MotoGP
Jorge Martín, the flying rookie who has made a 'match' with Ducati and breaks records for precocity in MotoGP

Video: Jorge Martín, the flying rookie who has made a 'match' with Ducati and breaks records for precocity in MotoGP

Video: Jorge Martín, the flying rookie who has made a 'match' with Ducati and breaks records for precocity in MotoGP
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At the end of last June, at the Dutch Grand Prix that ended the first part of the MotoGP season, Jorge Martín could not even finish the race. No, he did not have a mechanical problem or suffered a fall, he was simply so physically fatigued that he decided to put his foot down.

A little over a month later, with Martín already fully recovered from the very heavy fall he suffered in Portugal, he has picked up the thread where he left off: has won his first MotoGP race in Styria, in which it has only been his sixth participation, and he is confirmed as the most advantageous student in the casting of young pilots that Ducati has mounted.

Martín is being the best young man in the Ducati casting

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 7
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 7

Since Andrea Dovizioso took a step aside, to finally end up leaving Ducati, with the change of Michelin tires, Borgo Panigale have had no doubts in bet on young talents, even if they do not bring a great track record, seeking to repeat the Casey Stoner effect that gave them so much success in 2007.

This is how pilots such as Pecco Bagnaia, Luca Marini, Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio have been arriving at the brand in recent years, who will be promoted next year. But for now none is shining as bright as Jorge Martín. In just six races, the Madrilenian has already won his first MotoGP race.

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 4
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 4

What Martin did in Styria may seem easy. However, he started first and reached the finish line first, without giving up the position at any time. You missed the fastest lap to do what in Formula 1 is known as a 'Grand Cheelem' (pole position, fastest lap, victory and lead all laps of the race). However, he had his one.

Martín first endured the hugs from brand colleagues such as Bagnaia or Jack Miller, and later had to put up with the world champion, Joan Mir, pressing back to get his first win of the year. Let no one forget that: Martín has not only won, but he has done it with the reigning MotoGP world champion locked behind.

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 6
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 6

On a Ducati where Bagnaia has yet to win a race in his third year in the category, and being an official driver, and in which Jack Miller ends up on the floor as soon as everything is not perfect, Martín's victory consolidates him internally. And to top it all, it is the Pramac team's first MotoGP triumph in their long career.

It is commented by the paddock that Ducati's big dream would be to win a world championship with Bagnaia, an Italian rider, but at the moment the one of the VR46 does not achieve even a race. He was able to change history at the Red Bull Ring, but again he failed when push came to shove, this time changing tires during the red flag.

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021

Martín's numbers leave no room for doubt: in his first six races in the MotoGP World Championship, he has already accumulates two pole positions, two podiums and a victory. And that taking into account that in three of them, the three immediately prior to the summer break, he ran limply due to that fall in Portimao.

Martín has made a 'match' with Ducati, as they say in the slang of the applications to find a partner, and in Borgo Panigale they should abandon their plans to win with an Italian rider for those to win, simply. That 2007 title is still very lonely in the window. Seeing how well the Red Bull Ring is doing, perhaps in a week Martin will give them more reasons.

Martín looks face to face in precociousness at the greats of history

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 3
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 3

The truth is that Martín's numbers in his first season in MotoGP are impressive, and allow us to compare them with those of other great champions in the history of the category. Although with caution, because last year we already had the Brad Binder case, winner of a rookie career and who afterwards is going too unnoticed.

Going to the great champions we find that some quite precocious pilots like Stoner, Fabio Quartararo or Mir did not even win a race in its first season. In the case of the Suzuki champion, he failed to achieve a paltry podium in his entire debut season. Not even a pole.

Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 2
Jorge Martin Styria Motogp 2021 2

It took Martin six races to win, while Valentino Rossi took nine races to win in the old 500cc. Closer we only find four cases that have been earlier than Martín: that of Binder last year and those of Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez.

Márquez got on the podium already in his first race and made pole and victory in the second, Lorenzo debuted with pole and podium and won already in the thirdWhile Pedrosa also debuted with the podium and the first pole, and victory, he did not arrive until the fourth Grand Prix. There is not so much difference with Martín. Well, one yes. The Madrilenian runs on a satellite team. Not bad.

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