Jorge Martin’s Friday at Hungary’s new Balaton Park Circuit started with parking the RS-GP on gravel after a speculator’s engine failure.
Nevertheless, Martin completed as a high Aprilia rider on the day, ending within the high tenth place in two direct qualifying positions, simply 0.001 seconds from Fabio Cartalaro.
“No (regret),” Martin informed Motogp.com when requested about getting nearer to Qualifying 2.
“I actually wish to be within the second quarter, however immediately I did my finest and we’re taking a much bigger step.
“At the moment was nice. We did not contact on the bike setup. We targeted extra on the gearbox on this new truck, however we’re in the precise path.
“I’ve improved my sense of frontline just a little bit so I can flip it just a little bit extra, so I can go to a greater line and open the throttle just a little quicker.
“We’ve to maintain going like this. From a tempo perspective, I really feel a lot stronger than Austria. You’ll be able to trip it your self. That is necessary.”
Martin added: “I do not assume we’re distant when it comes to tempo, however on a flying lap, I am undecided I’ve to push to the restrict.
“I am proud of the result… I can battle straight away.”
On my teammate Marco Betzecki’s day, I skated in the other way, beginning with sixth in FP1 for the twelfth in afternoon observe.
“It has been a troublesome day for us,” admitted Betzekki, who got here on fourth within the World Championships following the rostrum in three of the final 4 GPSs.
“The observe could be very stunning and could also be a bit small for MotoGP, however I loved driving and particularly Sector 2.
“General, I struggled with the brakes a bit, and I struggled to cease the bike correctly, after which there are loads of corners right here and there, when you do not cease nicely, it is exhausting to make the right lap.
“I used to be anticipating just a little extra from the time assault, however I did not really feel the assistance of the tender rear of the braking so I will work on this tonight.”
Martin and Betzecchi will face issues like Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio di Giannantonio in Qualifying 1 on Saturday.
