Jorge Martín is recovering well from the injuries he sustained at the end of February, which have kept him away from the MotoGP tracks. However, he went through some difficult moments and uncertainty.
The Spanish Aprilia rider stated: ‘I think every injury is different. The first injury was a strange crash, I broke three bones, but after six or seven days I was again on a bike. It was pretty fast, so for the mental side was nothing’.
When the Sepang injuries were overcome, Martín crashed during a supermoto training session just days before the start of the MotoGP season, fracturing multiple bones in his left hand and foot. The situation, he admitted, was very mentally challenging:
– That one was really, really heavy. I was scared, because I felt my hand like never before. It was a really, really bad situation. Normally, after the surgery you start to move a little bit, or you start to feel. But I didn’t – I couldn’t move the left hand for two weeks. So, for the mental side was difficult.
Now, the 2024 champion has fewer concerns, but he did fear that the injuries to his left hand might end his career: ‘I was scared I might not ride again or something, because I was in a really bad situation. But after two or three weeks I started to see the light and I know that in the long term, it won’t be a problem. But for sure, now I don’t feel at my best’.