Our reigning champion, Jorge Martin, has seen his pre-season preparations go from bad to worse this week. He completed just 13 laps on his new Aprilia machine during testing and is now set to miss the first race weekend of his title defence season.
Martin suffered a crash in the opening day of testing which resulted in him missing the rest of pre-season testing in Sepang and Buriram. This left him with a fractured right hand and left foot.Â
Now, while training a home in Spain, he has suffered another accident which has left him with “complex” injuries, Aprilia have confirmed.Â
This statement said “Jorge Martin suffered a complex fracture of the radius, some carpal bones on the left side and an ipsilateral calcaneal fracture of the left hand during a training session.”Â
For the non-medical professionals out there, this loosely translates as a broken left wrist, hand and heel.Â
His surgery today (25th February) was successful and completed via keyhole surgery, which should help to reduce his recovery time. However, it has not yet been confirmed how long it will be until he is back on the bike.Â
Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia’s test rider, will replace Martin in Thailand and likely in any future races he has to miss.
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