MotoGP star Jorge Martin celebrates comeback: permission for Qatar!

MotoGP star Jorge Martin celebrates comeback: permission for Qatar!

Katar, Katar - Jorge Martin, the current MotoGP world champion, recently passed the crucial medical check and thus receives the official starting permit for the upcoming race in Qatar. After three missed seasonal races in Thailand, Argentina and the USA, Martin's comeback is scheduled for the weekend if he remains fit. The message comes from Laola1.at where Martin also sturded in preparation Season suffered several fractures.

The injuries to the 27-year-old driver comprise fractures in both hands and one foot. Martin had to be operated on as part of his recovery, using three screws to fix the bones in his right hand and left foot. These challenges prevented him from participating in the first three events of the season. However, his team, Aprilia, had announced that Martin will start in Qatar if the medical tests will be positive, reports Sky Sport .

Review of the preparation

The world champion crashed twice during the preparations and suffered serious injuries. The first accident occurred in early February during test drives in Malaysia, where he broke his right hand and left foot. Another fall, which led to a fracture of the left hand, followed just a few days before the start of the season in Qatar. Despite these setbacks, Martin shows determination to remain competitive in the new season, especially since he recently switched from Ducati to Aprilia.

In the current championship, Martin is 87 points behind the league leader Alex Marquez, while his team-mate Ai Ogura, as the best Aprilia pilot, ranks in sixth place with 25 points. These championship movements are particularly exciting, especially since the statistics of the MotoGP 2024 show other prejudices on fall rates in the racing series. Compared to the previous year, the number of falls from 358 in 2023 to 335 in 2024, which leads to a decline of an average of 16.8 falls per round, as from an analysis of Motorsport.com

Compared to other drivers, Martin had a rather high fall rate and recorded a total of 15 falls, while other drivers such as Francesco Bagnaia, who won 11 races last season, only had nine falls. This illustrates how important mental and physical fitness is for the performance of a driver in the demanding MotoGP environment.

Martins comeback in Qatar could therefore not only be crucial for his season, but also set a new impulse for the Aprilia team that wants to assert itself at a high level this season.