{"id":3352,"date":"2025-10-02T13:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplythebez.com\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:01:28","slug":"motegi-couldve-ended-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplythebez.com\/en\/motegi-couldve-ended-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Motegi: Could\u2019ve Ended Worse\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"453\">The Japan weekend kicked off the Asian tour, and we came into it <strong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"244\">full of energy<\/strong> after Misano, knowing we could really fight until the very end.<br data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"311\" \/>Physically and mentally I was feeling great, and the days leading up to the first throttle twist flew by between all the pre-race commitments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"668\"><strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"492\">Free Practice started with a bang<\/strong> \u2014 literally. I crashed twice and did a fair bit of damage to the bike.<br data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"566\" \/>But in pre-qualifying I bounced back, rode fast, and <strong data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"668\">topped the timesheets to go straight into Q2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"945\">Saturday started off a bit rough\u2026 and ended worse.<br data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"723\" \/>In Q2 I couldn\u2019t push the way I wanted, and in the end, I had to <strong data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"805\">start from P9<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"809\" \/>Motegi isn\u2019t exactly the easiest place to recover, especially in the Sprint \u2014 but I knew I had to try.<br data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"914\" \/><strong data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"945\">It just lasted ten seconds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1360\">Right after the start, in Turn 1, I was <strong data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1012\">launched into the air<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1016\" \/>I didn\u2019t even understand what had happened.<br data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1062\" \/>In the gravel, I saw <strong data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1107\">Mart\u00edn on the ground<\/strong>\u2026<br data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1111\" \/>He was holding his shoulder \u2014 turns out he ended up with a fracture.<br data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1182\" \/>I was lucky \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1214\">nothing broken<\/strong> \u2014 and I made it back to the box, but I took a couple of solid knocks.<br data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1287\" \/>Didn\u2019t feel them right away, but once things cooled down\u2026 yeah, they hit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1710\">Sunday morning, I woke up <strong data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1408\">pretty banged up<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1412\" \/>But then the race adrenaline kicked in, and the pain faded.<br data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1474\" \/>I got off to a good start, held position, and <strong data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1543\">started my comeback<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1547\" \/>After a few laps I was already in <strong data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1587\">P5<\/strong>, right behind <strong data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1624\">Morbidelli and Mir<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1628\" \/>I worked to get past them, made it into <strong data-start=\"1668\" data-end=\"1674\">P4<\/strong>, but Mir had built up a decent gap.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1819\">I gave everything I had \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1757\">maybe even more<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1758\" data-end=\"1761\" \/>I know full well that saving energy isn\u2019t really my thing\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"1986\">In the end, I brought home <strong data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1866\">a solid result<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1870\" \/>Based on our pre-race expectations, it wasn\u2019t exactly the goal\u2026<br data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"1936\" \/>but given how things played out \u2014 yeah, it\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2161\">And honestly, looking back at Saturday\u2019s crash, it\u2019s already something that <strong data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2104\">I walked away with just some bruises<\/strong> \u2014 and Mart\u00edn with a fracture.<br data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2137\" \/><strong data-start=\"2137\" data-end=\"2161\">Could\u2019ve gone worse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2208\">Now it\u2019s on to <strong data-start=\"2178\" data-end=\"2208\">MANDALIKA \u2014 full throttle!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan weekend kicked off the Asian tour, and we came into it full of energy after Misano, knowing we could really fight until the very end.Physically and mentally I was feeling great, and the days leading up to the first throttle twist flew by between all the pre-race commitments. 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