{"id":719471,"date":"2026-06-06T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719471\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:17:10","slug":"jorge-martin-explains-rare-aprilia-weakness-after-balaton-motogp-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719471\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Martin explains rare Aprilia weakness after Balaton MotoGP Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Martin believes Balaton Park&#8217;s stop-go layout has highlighted a rare weakness in the 2026 Aprilia RS-GP package.<\/p>\n<p>On a day when Marc Marquez tied Martin\u2019s record of 18 Sprint wins, the 2024 champion could only rescue sixth place at Balaton Park.<\/p>\n<p>Starting eighth at the notoriously hard to pass circuit, Martin\u2019s race became more complicated when he straight-lined a chicane while trying to make an early pass on Diogo Moreira.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard eventually got the better of the Honda rider on lap 5, but could improve no further after a further mistake at Turn 15.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1323069_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Martin, Moreira, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Martin, Moreira, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started in the middle of the pack and didn\u2019t really know where to go in the first corner,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973236\/jorge-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Martin<\/a> said. \u201cThis was an issue because I lost some positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to overtake some riders quite fast but when I arrived to Diogo he braked much later than I expected. I was already in, so I went for it and had to take the shortcut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis wasn\u2019t good for my race because I had to lose one second and lost the train.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I was catching the group but I went wide again in corner 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the consequence of not really having a good feeling. The rear I not bad but I have good grip on the front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1322525_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1654\/marc-marquez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Bezzecchi <\/a>finished as the top Aprilia rider in third but was unable to trouble the race-winning Ducati of Marc Marquez or runner-up KTM of Pedro Acosta.<\/p>\n<p>Martin explained that the slow stop-go corners don\u2019t allow Aprilia to exploit its aerodynamic advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems like when we release the brake, we lose a bit the line. I think with less downforce on the slow corners, we struggle to turn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then in the second sector, with a lot of downforce, we are super-competitive.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we are super good in terms of aerodynamics, but as soon as we lose the downforce, we struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a bit the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to make the tyres work a bit more, but usually from Saturday to Sunday we make a step and I hope we will for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin is now 20-points behind Martin heading into Sunday\u2019s grand prix.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Martin believes Balaton Park&#8217;s stop-go layout has highlighted a rare weakness in the 2026 Aprilia RS-GP package.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[18009,10669,64,63,5744,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-719471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia","tag-aprilia-racing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jorge-martin","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}