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2023 MotoGP World Championship
2023 Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Malaysia
Sunday, 12 November 2023
Prima Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin will be aiming to keep the pressure on 2023 MotoGP leader Francesco Bagnaia at the
Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, November 12.
The Spaniard heads into the antepenultimate race of the season just 13 points behind Bagnaia after his triumph in the Thailand Grand Prix last time out.
It was Martin's fourth victory in 2023 and his fifth podium from 17 races as the 2016 World Champion goes in search of his second MotoGP career title.
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The 25-year-old quickly turned his season around after retiring from the Portuguese Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of the Americas before going on to emerge as the closest challenger to Ducati Lenovo Team's Bagnaia.
Martin will be hoping for a better performance in Sepang this year, having not finished the race in 2022 or 2019 following his maiden victory there 12 months earlier.
He paid tribute to Bagnaia and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Brad Binder for pushing him all the way in Buriram as the top three finished within 0.253 of one another.
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"This feeling is amazing because today I wasn't better than them," Martin acknowledged in parc ferme. "I had the same tools, the same tyres, but I didn't have better pace than them.
"I had to push more than 100 per cent on the last laps to stay in front, to overtake back Brad, to overtake back 'Pecco' [Bagnaia], and then pushed on the last lap like it was qualifying.
"The pace was great, the management was great. I know hard moments are tough, but they make you stronger."
2023 Thailand Grand Prix results:
Winner: Jorge Martin - Prima Pramac Racing
Second Place: Francesco Bagnaia - Ducati Lenovo Team
Third Place: Brad Binder - Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
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