Jorge Martin retired after the first lap of the Jerez MotoGP Sprint, but feels he had the potential to win the 12-lap battle.<\/p>\n
The Jerez Sprint was ultimately dominated by rain, Marc Marquez<\/a> winning after crashing and changing bikes.<\/p>\n But Martin made a good start and was challenging Alex Marquez<\/a> \u2013 who would go on to track down his brother before the rain arrived \u2013 for fourth at the end of the first lap.<\/p>\n However, the Aprilia Racing<\/a> rider had encountered a brake problem already from the warm-up lap which became evident on the run to turn one on lap two, his brake disc glowing red \u2013 a familiar sight in the night sessions at Lusail, less so in the middle of the day in Spain.<\/p>\n \u201cI was fast, I was feeling really good, but this is racing, this can happen,\u201d Jorge Martin<\/a> told MotoGP.com after the Sprint.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s something that I learnt during the past seasons, to take these situations more calm and I\u2019m just focused on how can we be better tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cToday I started really well and then straight away in the warm-up lap I saw my feeling with the front was really strange, but I thought it was going to be like this all the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut when I arrived in that first corner on the second lap I just had no brakes so I had to go wide. It\u2019s a pity but I\u2019m in a good moment, I\u2019m feeling good, I\u2019m fast everywhere, so I have to be calm and be fast for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n