Revealed: Martin, Bagnaia and Binder’s private reaction to epic race highlights
The victorious Martin told his rivals: “I’m very tired.”
Bagnaia: “I was expecting a faster pace.”
Martin: “But if not, you weren’t getting to the end. I was controlling it a bit. But with 12 laps to go, I tried to push but there was nothing left.
“If you were pushing at the beginning, it was worse for me.”
Bagnaia: “I pushed the whole race because…
“I had a lot of fights.
“I was recovering a lot. Under braking and in Sector 3.
“But you were very strong at Turn 1 and 3.”
Martin: “On the exit?”
Bagnaia: “Yes.”
Martin: “Because you used the tyres more. I never opened the throttle.”
Bagnaia: “You could have used the soft.”
Martin: “Are you crazy? You gave me three seconds.
“When I saw you on the outside I thought ‘No! This is too much!’
“I would have been embarrassed.”
Bagnaia: “You braked very slowly.”
Martin: “I closed the line a lot.”
Bagnaia: “I don’t know if it was for a reference.”
Martin: “When you were first in the last corner, you were like this [mimes leaning over]. I never stopped worrying.”
Remarkable highlights of the battle between the podium trio played out on a TV as they watched.
Binder teased “Sorry mate” as they watched a replay of their cat-and-mouse antics.
Bagnaia: “Also, Alex Marquez with the soft.”
Binder: “Ah yeah?”
Martin: “That’s why he was fast. No? How did he finish?”
Bagnaia: “He crashed.”
Binder: “What was the gap to fourth?”
Martin: “It wasn’t that much. Because I saw them.”
Binder: “I saw just the group so I don’t know how far they were.”
Martin: “I was always 0.1s, 0.2s.”
Martin said as the epic last lap was replayed on TV: “I used the tyre there.”
Bagnaia: “I said ‘maybe he will do the same as me and I will take advantage’.”
Martin: “Wow, it was a nice race.”
Binder: “This last one I had to close!”
Bagnaia: “Like the end at Sachsenring.”
Martin: “This was amazing.”
Martin: “I pushed like it was a time attack. The last lap, mamma mia.”
Martin asked Binder: “What happened? Did you touch the green?”
Binder replied: “Yes, I lost the front at Turn 4.”
