MotoGP<\/a> Editor Peter McLaren labelled Martin\u2019s return as \u201cperfect\u201d and believes the working relationship between himself and Aprilia is clearly going well.<\/p>\n\u201cIt began with a bit of an awkward press conference, where Martin confirmed he was staying but at the same time said he didn\u2019t regret trying to leave,\u201d McLaren added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was almost a perfect weekend for Martin, under the circumstances, because the most important thing was he didn\u2019t fall off the bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t get hurt again, but he built his confidence, he just got laps under his belt that he needed and just improved over the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe showed that, seventh place is nothing for a world champion to be too happy about, but under the circumstances I think it\u2019s the perfect situation for him now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s gotten through that awkward first weekend with Aprilia, he\u2019s working with the team, they\u2019re starting to rebuild the trust and at the same time he can see that the bike is quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin now has a three-week break to analyse his performance from Brno ahead of the second half of the season.<\/p>\n
But Crash Senior Journalist Lewis Duncan believes Martin has put himself into a position to be able to fight for podiums later in the year if he continues his progression.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the starting point is good,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201c15.8s from the win in the top seven is not bad considering he has about 180km in race mileage compared to about 1200km for Marc this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the thing that stood out for me more was his pace relative to Bezzecchi.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was about half a second a lap slower than Bez, which given he\u2019s competed in two out of the 12 rounds this year, didn\u2019t have any pre-season testing time, hasn\u2019t developed the bike, I think that\u2019s really good to be within just over half a second of your team-mate on pure pace.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a team-mate who has won a grand prix this year, has regularly been fighting for the podium recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s really good. Probably by the time we get into the last races of the season we\u2019ll see Jorge Martin back on the podium, I think if he carries on doing what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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