MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin feels he is “more mature on the bike the last few races” as he is “not crashing that much” now. Martin made several critical errors in grands prix in the first half of the campaign, crashing out of the lead of the Spanish and German Grands Prix as chief rival Francesco Bagnaia won.

Jorge Martin took advantage of Francesco Bagnaia crashing out of the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP to extend his championship lead despite being pipped to Sunday's race win by Enea Bastianini on the final lap.

Emilia Romagna Sprint race was just what the Ducati Lenovo Team’s Pecco Baganaia needed. The Italian won a hard fought battle with Jorge Martin to close the gap in the title fight. Pecco’s comeback As the lights went out,