VOLUME ISSUE SEPTEMBER , P85
As it was, Martin lost a little
over one second to the chasing
Quartararo but got his compo-
sure back to drag the former
world champion to the line by
0.26 seconds.
No one could do anything
about Bezzecchi, who scam
-
pered away to a crushing
8.6-second victory after posting
17 of the 21 laps in the one-
minute, 45-second bracket.
"I tried to keep myself calm
as soon as Jorge and Pecco
passed me in the start because
I knew they have something
more," Bezzecchi said. "So, I
tried to stay close, and I was
very close, and then I tried to
Prix about the venue and its
safety. And most of all, about
whether all the paddock could get
visas in time despite a laughably
antiquated application process.
Yet after many delays and flight
changes—Moto2 rider Sam Lowes
only arrived in India on Thursday
afternoon—all riders from all three
classes were present on Friday.
And the Buddh International
Circuit, which was homologated
just this week, was deemed safe
enough to ride. "I think we were a
little bit too hard before to come
here and see what really was. I
think it's much better than we all
expected," said Pol Espargaro on
Thursday. Jorge Martin only saw
one point—turn 10—as particularly
sketchy. "It's a bit on the limit,"
he said. "We arrive so, so fast in
third gear, almost on the limit. If
you crash there, it's quite dan-
gerous. For sure, we'll ask next
season to improve."
Briefly...
Martin was wrecked
after the Sunday
Grand Prix. That's
water in the can, not
Red Bull.
