After his dream of profitable the MotoGP world title with the Pramac group in 2024 ended, Jorge Martin endured an injury-hit first season with Aprilia in 2025, however former world champion Jorge Lorenzo believes it continues to have an effect on Martin mentally.
Of the longest 22-race calendar in MotoGP historical past, Martin solely competed in eight races in 2025, competing in seven Grands Prix and finishing 4 of them.
Martin’s issues started in pre-season, when he crashed after simply 13 laps on the primary day of testing in Valencia. A crash throughout coaching whereas making ready for the season-opening Thai Grand Prix prevented him from competing till Qatar, the place he began the race however crashed and hit Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Martin was then capable of return to Brno, the place he admitted at a particular press convention earlier than the race within the Czech Republic that he feared for his life whereas in hospital following an accident in Qatar.
Though he made some progress after that, ending fourth in Hungary particularly, Martin crashed within the first nook after the Japan Dash and was sidelined with a dislocated collarbone fracture.
Martin mentioned he had initially hoped to return to Australia earlier than the ultimate race of the season, the Valencia Grand Prix, when he lastly made his return to racing, however the harm proved worse than initially anticipated.
For Martin’s compatriot, fellow Mallorcan and former three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo, he believes the 2025 saga is an “unlucky” one for the 2024 champion and continues to have a psychological affect on Martin’s using.
“Jorge (Martin) was very unfortunate with accidents. I believe he had 30 fractures. There have been a number of fractures. Final yr particularly was very unfortunate,” Lorenzo mentioned on MotoGP World Broadcast throughout the Valencia take a look at.
“Clearly, it’s not good mentally, each time you break a bone, your again and again will get greater and also you undoubtedly don’t need to undergo a state of affairs like this once more.
“So each time the observe is moist or difficult, your mind tries to go quicker, however your fingers do not.
“It definitely would not assist as a result of younger riders with out accidents aren’t afraid of something.
“So, two issues have to occur: Jorge wants extra kilometers, and Jorge must be wholesome to be on the similar degree because the riders who’re injury-free and have kilometers.”
“So this mix was not good for Jorge Martin.”
Martin began the race in Valencia however withdrew halfway via to preserve power for the post-race take a look at on Tuesday (18 November), the place he examined Aprilia’s new aerodynamic bundle and a brand new chassis that he felt provided extra significant enhancements.
