Max Biaggi has seen how George Martin ‘really outperformed’ his MotoGP rivals at the French Grand Prix.

An exciting start appeared Martin won the Sprint at Le Mans From P8 on the grid, he flew off the line to sit P4 before the field hit the Turn 1 kink. Martin showed a lot of bravery to fly to the outside at T3 before going inside to Marco Bezecchi to get out of T4.

Although Martin was not strong at the start. French GPThe pace of the race showed why Biaggi’s victory in Sunday’s race was so impressive. After taking more caution into Turn 3, Martin failed to make up as many places and had to slowly overtake the field.

Max Biaggi thinks George Martin’s pace in French Grand Prix win was ‘truly outstanding’

After only one place at the start of the French GP, Martin made his way up the order on Sunday. The 2024 champion began to move up the order on lap 7 after Yamaha’s Fabio Quatararo pulled ahead of the VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio.

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Once Martin sent KTM Pedro Acosta, his only Aprilia His teammate Bezechi ran ahead on the road. And while the Italian held a large margin at the start, Martin put in a fast lap to get to T3 before slamming on the brakes.

Bezecic had nothing to respond to Martin’s pace and eventually finished 0.477s shy. Trackhouse’s I Ogura in P3 also gave Aprilia a first-ever podium lock. Biagi He takes great pride in Aprilia’s success, but notes that Martin was different.

Aprilia Ambassador Biaggi said. Sky Sports Italy: “It was a real triumph to see three Aprilias on the podium in the top three positions (Sunday). That has never happened before. So, it’s a great source of satisfaction – a little bit of Aprilia history has been written.”

“And there’s big, big, big joy, but also satisfaction, because you see all three of them there and with such dominance. On Saturday, Martin won with an amazing start.

However, despite finishing sixth and seventh on the first lap, he was ahead of the rest and caught up with the leaders on a circuit that gradually became difficult to reach and held onto the lead until the end.

That’s what he did. It even went up from the back. I’d say three special riders in short, but it’s a very good bike at the moment.

Raul Fernandez feels like George Martin on the Aprilia RS-GP at Le Mans

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Biagi was not only admired Martin’s ride to victory at the French GPAs Trackhouse ace Raul Fernandez He admitted he found it “impossible” on the Aprilia RS-GPP to keep up with the Spaniard and team-mate Ogura, who attacked rival riders around Le Mans.

Fernandez said, through quotes Motorsport.com: “I didn’t feel comfortable during the race. When I was three or four tenths of a second behind Enya Bastianini, I felt like that because I couldn’t brake the bike properly, so for me, it was almost impossible to pass.”

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“If you watch the race, it seems very easy to pass on our bikes, especially George Martin and I Ogura. They looked like they were on MotoGP bikes, and the rest of us were on Moto2. But not for me.

“I’m fighting to try and win in every corner. I’m trying to give everything. But when I’m three or four tenths[of a second]behind my rival, I’m not very comfortable with the rear tire. I feel like I can’t brake the bike the way I want.”

O’Gura followed Martin into the field on Sunday with his maiden MotoGP Grand Prix podium with P3 in the French GP in a satellite Aprilia RS-GP with Trackhouse. Fernandez finished only eighth, 12.497s behind Martin and 11.623s behind Ogura.

Martin’s victory means he is one point behind Bezecchi in the 2026 riders’ standings ahead of this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix. Ogura is up to fifth place in Bezechi with a deficit of 61 points, overtaking Fernandez in sixth with a deficit of 66 points.