Marco Bezzecchi issues defiant MotoGP title message to Jorge Martin
Aprilia says Martin has one confirmed wrist fracture and could return at Sepang, while Marquez leads by 10 points with five rounds left.
- On Saturday, Jorge Martin crashed at high speed during the Phillip Island Sprint, sustaining a non-displaced fracture of his right wrist that ruled him out of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
- Marc Marquez won Saturday's Sprint, moving 10 points clear in the World Championship standings after Martin's crash ended his two-point lead with four rounds remaining.
- Aprilia team manager Paolo Bonora confirmed the fracture requires no surgery and the team is working to have Martin back for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.
- Bad weather forced the cancellation of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, keeping the championship gap at 10 points. Bonora said, "the championship is still open."
- Marco Bezzecchi, currently third in the standings, told Martin "it's not over yet," remaining Aprilia's other title contender despite sitting 50 points behind Marquez.
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In the run-up to the race day in Australia, Aprilia updated the situation of Jorge Martín, injured during the sprint race in Phillip Island. The Madrid driver is in full struggle for the world title with Marc Márquez, so his serious fall during the eighth turn of the race made the worst foreshadow.But it seems that the situation is not, within what fits, so bad for the '89.The reality is that the San Sebastián de los Reyes rider starred in a spe…
JPNN.com - Aprilia rider Jorge Martin is facing questions after crashing in the 2026 Australian MotoGP sprint race.
After the Phillip Island sprint, which was crushing for Aprilia, which ended without a podium for it with an injured not-more-table leader Jorge Martin, there is now cautiously positive news.
The first diagnosis after Jorge Martin's sprint crash on Saturday caused a season break for the MotoGP World Championship contender to worry. On Sunday, the situation looks different and he can breathe a bit.
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