{"id":34638,"date":"2024-10-18T03:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=34638"},"modified":"2024-10-18T03:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:08:31","slug":"martin-before-the-australian-grand-prix-feeling-pressure-is-an-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/martin-before-the-australian-grand-prix-feeling-pressure-is-an-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Before the Australian Grand Prix: Feeling Pressure Is an Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Jorge Martin, the leader of the MotoGP World Championship, said he is ready to handle the pressure ahead of the Australian Grand Prix next Sunday. The Spanish rider aims to extend his lead over Italian Francesco Bagnaia, the champion of the last two seasons.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Martin, who races for Prima Pramac Racing, leads by ten points over Bagnaia before the race at Phillip Island, having finished second in the Japanese Grand Prix behind the Italian.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Martin\u2019s points total after Japan stands at 392, with Bagnaia in second place with 382 points, and only four races remain in the season.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Martin told reporters: \u201cThere\u2019s pressure, but I don\u2019t mind it. The feeling of pressure is an advantage not everyone has. We are leading and fighting for big things. When you\u2019re behind, it\u2019s easier because the pressure is off, but when you\u2019re ahead, it\u2019s harder because you need to think more.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cMy plan this year, even when leading, is to think of myself as behind and push as hard as I can, giving 100 percent of my effort and not thinking about rest or things I can\u2019t control.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Martin aims to win the MotoGP World Championship for the first time in his career, having finished second last season, 39 points behind Bagnaia. He stated he feels stronger now.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s a big dream; it would mean a lot to me. I know I can win. The odds are even, and if I don\u2019t win this year, I\u2019ll try again next season. I\u2019ll fight to get the chance to be the champion.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe\u2019ve improved a lot mentally. Last season was tough, and I struggled to handle the pressure. I had a hard time managing it and didn\u2019t know how to cope. I started working on the mental aspect of my personality this year to have the tools needed to manage situations.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt was important to be more prepared\u2026 Now, I\u2019m trying to focus more on myself and learn from every situation.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Martin, the leader of the MotoGP World Championship, said he is ready to handle the pressure ahead of the Australian Grand Prix next Sunday. The Spanish rider aims to extend his lead over Italian Francesco Bagnaia, the champion of the last two seasons. Martin, who races for Prima Pramac Racing, leads by ten points &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34639,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34638\/revisions\/34639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}