Jorge Martin is carrying a foot injury into this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix following a heavy crash in MotoGP’s Barcelona test.
The factory Aprilia rider was taken to the hospital after a high-speed fall in the post-Catalan Grand Prix test on 18 May, bringing a premature end to a tough weekend on home turf.
Doctors conducted several tests on the Spaniard, primarily on his left elbow and right leg, but scans eventually ruled out any fractures.
However, speaking at Mugello on Thursday, Martin admitted he did not escape the incident completely unscathed, revealing a minor ligament injury to his right foot.
“On the bike, I just lost the front at 200km/h,” he explained. “It was a really nasty crash. Thank God, I’m good, I’m safe. No broken bones. So it was a nice test also for my body to understand that it’s pretty okay.
“I have a small injury on my foot, some [type of] ligament injury. But, I hope that tomorrow it doesn’t disturb me a lot.”
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing Team
Photo by: JOSE JORDAN/AFP via Getty Images
Martin suffered six crashes across four days of running in Barcelona, preventing him from challenging for the podium and forcing him to make multiple visits to the trackside medical centre.
His most brutal fall came in Friday’s opening practice session, when he dropped the Aprilia into Turn 12. The bike smashed into the air fence before bouncing back across the gravel trap, narrowly avoiding the 2024 champion.
The crash was followed by reports that Martin was “slightly concussed”, although he later returned to the track to complete practice starts on his second bike.
The 28-year-old denied those claims at Mugello, but admitted he felt dizzy in the immediate aftermath of the impact. “That wasn’t true,” he said about concussion claims. “For sure, I had a big crash towards the bike.
“But when you crash so fast and then you just stop, you have to be dizzy, 100%. But afterwards, I went on the practice start, so I don’t know why this came out, but it wasn’t true.
“If I have a concussion, I will be the first one to go check because I don’t want to have further problems.”
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