Jett Lawrence was not happy with the way he rode after aggravating his ankle in the morning but, after an almost mammoth crash in moto two that he somehow saved, he was just glad to be walking away healthy despite losing the championship by two points to Hunter.
“I have not ridden that bad in years,” admitted Jett. “And honestly, once when I hit that kicker in the middle sky, such as I close my eyes, I had a full conversation with Jesus and I thought, yeah, his arms open for me. But I opened them and somehow I was safe. I don’t know how!
“But yeah, after that one I’m like, dude, put the red flag out already, please. I was like, this sucks, man. But yeah, I had that and I had another moment in front of Hunter in the rollers. I had a head shake multiple times in pit lane. I had some moments. I can’t even count all of them! So yeah, not an ideal day, not normal characteristics for us.”
🥵Jett Lawrence estuvo a punto de la tragedia tras perder el control en el salto.
Efecto muy similar al que le ocurrio @_chasesexton con la Kawi y le ha hecho quedarse fuera todo el año.
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Jett said of the first moto and injuring his foot again: ” Yeah, my day sucked honestly. I felt terrible in both motos But yeah, that first moto, I mean, I didn’t know he went down at first until I looked back on the start straight. I felt like I was running so bad the first few laps that I’m like, surely I’m close to like 40th. Like, I’m not so bad. I’ve seen him there. So I’m like, alright, we got to try and make sure he doesn’t catch me and keep going. Two laps later, I look back and he’s behind me. So that didn’t work out. But yeah, not an ideal day, for sure.
I wish I could have given a better version of myself, you know, but just kind of push it too hard and practice with my foot. And then that first line is the first couple of laps I tweaked really bad. And I tried to keep pushing, but it was it was pretty painful. So but yeah, we just kind of suck today.
“I mean, I’ve been doing pretty well without hurting it or letting any ruts grab it. But just today in qualifying, I got ripped three times. But I mean, I’ve been able to ride with it all year and have good rounds. So it’s not really an excuse, you know, I wish I didn’t do it. But I still tried my best. I’m not bummed about my result at all, you know, I gave my best and tried making it painful for Hunter, but this wasn’t my day today.”
