Reigning MotoGP champion Martin will miss Thai GP due to new injury
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will sit out this week’s Thailand Grand Prix after suffering a fracture during training, Motorsport.com has learned. Martin is understood to have broken his left hand on Monday, just days before he was due to take part in the opening round of the season at Buriram. He is now set […]
Martin will “definitely» race in MotoGP’s Thailand GP
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin is set to return to action in the Thailand Grand Prix after missing almost all of pre-season testing, Motorsport.com understands. This Saturday marks one week since Aprilia’s new star rider was discharged by doctors following surgery on the right hand he broke at the start of the Sepang test. Over […]
Aprilia denies Michelin’s explanation for Martin’s MotoGP crash
Aprilia is seeking fresh answers from Michelin about Jorge Martin’s nasty crash in the Sepang MotoGP test, having refuted the French manufacturer’s claim that it was caused by a drop in tyre temperature. Reigning MotoGP champion Martin suffered a major highside on the opening day of pre-season testing in Malaysia, landing face down in a […]
MotoGP champion Martin out of Sepang test after multiple fractures
Jorge Martin will miss the remainder of the Sepang MotoGP test after suffering multiple fractures in a crash on the opening day of the running. The reigning MotoGP champion was making only his second appearance aboard the factory Aprilia RS-GP when he suffered a highside at Turn 2 shortly before midday in Malaysia. Martin was […]
Martin taken to hospital after huge crash in Sepang MotoGP test
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martín suffered a horror crash just two hours into the the Sepang MotoGP test on Wednesday, forcing medical services to take him to a nearby hospital. At around ten minutes to twelve in Malaysia, the Spaniard was approaching the entrance to Sepang’s second corner, a tight left-hand turn, when his Aprilia […]
Why Martin is a double-edged sword for Aprilia in MotoGP 2025
Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that’s when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that […]
The curse of number one in MotoGP
Aprilia revealed its 2025-spec MotoGP bike on Thursday, but its launch event in Milan was also significant because of an important announcement from new star signing Jorge Martin. The Spaniard had previously been secretive about the number he was going to race with this season after beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia to the 2024 title, having […]
Martin thinks next MotoGP title chance could come in 2026
New Aprilia MotoGP signing Jorge Martin believes he could possibly have a chance to fight for the championship again in 2026. The reigning champion has switched to Aprilia’s factory team on a two-year contract after being snubbed of a chance to move up to the factory Ducati team in favour of six-time champion Marc Marquez. […]
Emulating Rossi’s 2004 win on Aprilia debut
In 2024, Jorge Martin became the first rider in the MotoGP era to win the title with a satellite team, beating the same-spec factory Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia. It was a feat not seen in the premier class since Valentino Rossi won the 500cc title with the Honda Europe-managed Nastro Azzurro team in 2001 and […]