So what happened to Jorge Martin at the start of the Qatar race? He blamed the rear tire, but did his Launch Control not work? Did he not engage it? I’m sure they at least had Traction Control? Nobody else on the same tires had that problem. Come on, Jorge, admit you screwed up. They sure closed the garage doors quickly after the race. Thoughts? BrianA.

Something went very wrong for sure. The anti-wheelie part of his Launch Control software worked fine. The traction control, not so much. They knew about this as he’d had problems all weekend when doing practise starts. So, he literally fried his rear tire with that start. The tires surface temps went too high while the internal temp and pressures didn’t. He was riding on grease so he went backwards in dramatic fashion. By doing all that hard charging during the first part of the race he just used up what little “good” that rear had left. I’m sure it was sooo bad that they didn’t want anyone to see it after the race hence the reason for quickly closing the door. the Dreamer (a.k.a. Dreamin’ Stephen) Living life on the edge. Less crowded, better view. 1998 Ducati 900 SS FE, silFEr On 11/21/2023, "Brian Adrian" <brianfortv@cox.net> wrote: >So what happened to Jorge Martin at the start of the Qatar race? >He blamed the rear tire, but did his Launch Control not work? Did he not engage it? >I’m sure they at least had Traction Control? Nobody else on the same tires had that problem. >Come on, Jorge, admit you screwed up. They sure closed the garage doors quickly after the race. > >Thoughts? > >BrianA. > > >