Bad luck strikes Jorge Martín: another fall, surgery and he misses the first race of the year
A setback for Jorge Martín , the new MotoGP world champion, who will not be able to defend his crown in the first Grand Prix of the year wearing the colours of Aprilia, his new team after he decided to leave Prima Pramac to become an official rider for the Noale factory. The Madrid-born rider suffered a new injury this Monday when he fell while training, which is why he will not be able to be in Thailand , where the 2025 World Championship starts this coming weekend.
As a result of the fall, Martín suffered a fracture in his left hand , which will force him to undergo surgery to have it repaired. The length of time he will be out is still undetermined and will depend on how things develop. The next Grand Prix is the weekend of March 15 and 16 in Argentina. What is certain is that this injury is completely independent of the one he was recovering from. The Madrid native fell in Sepang during the tests at the beginning of February. A brutal fall, hitting his head on the ground and suffering a concussion and a double fracture in his right hand and left foot .
Martinator is expected to undergo surgery this Tuesday, with the aim of reducing the fracture and shortening the recovery time. This week he had a scheduled visit with the World Championship medical services so that Dr. Ángel Charte could give him the all-clear and allow him to put on the suit in Buriram, where he hoped to see if his decision to sign with Aprilia was right after the disappointment of being discarded by Ducati for the official team, which opted for Marc Márquez . The setback in Sepang has prevented Martin from accumulating kilometres with his RS-GP, as he crashed at the start of the first session.
The objective now, beyond recovering well, is to be ready in time to race at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina . The medical report that the doctors give on Tuesday will be key to knowing if two and a half weeks are enough for him to recover. While Martín recovers, his substitute will be Lorenzo Savadori , who this year has been renewed for two more seasons as a test rider for Aprilia. Together with Bezzecchi , he will be in charge of trying to score as many points as possible for the Noale factory.
“We are proud to confirm that Aprilia Racing will continue to work with Lorenzo Savadori, one of the pillars of our project who, together with the test team, has enabled the extraordinary development of recent years,” said Massimo Rivola , CEO of Aprilia Racing.
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