Aprilia: Overseas MotoGPs “like a test” for Jorge Martin

“We consider the first four races in the෴ overseas as a test for Jorge”

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

A nightmare start to MotoGP pre-season testing means reigning champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin will begin the new world championship at Buriram next weekend hav🌺ing ridden his new Aprilia for just 13 laps.

Martin, who made history as the first satellite rider to win the title in the ‘MotoGP’ era at Pra♈mac Ducati last year, suffered hand and foot fractures in t🐼he opening hours of the Sepang test.

The right-hand d🐻amage required surgery, forcing Martin to skip the final pre-season outing at Buriram, where team-mate Marco Bezzecchi impressed with third on the timesheets and a fast Sprint simꦬulation.

“After the Sepang injury we had to redefine our plan,” Aprilia team manager Paolo Bonora told MotoGP.com. “We had many thi﷽ngs to test, so at the end,𓃲 luckily, we did all the job. We finished all our test plan, all our long, long, long test list.

“For sure Marco did a🔜 very great job. He defined his base setup, electronic side and chassis side. And having [test ꧑rider] Lorenzo Savadori helped us a lot to define all the parts that we can bring to Jorge.

“We are waiꦡting for Jorge because it is necessary to bring to him, for the first race, the base set up that we found during this winter. We hope that during the first race, he will immediately find confidence with the bike.

“At the moment, 𒉰his medical recovery plan is fully under ꧑control. He is finding [each] day a better and better feeling. So we are looking forward to having him with us as soon as possible.”

Jorge Martin slow start to 2025 racing

But Bono♈ra concedes that hundreds of lost testing laps ca💃n’t be easily overcome.

As such, they🐓’ll 🍌treat the opening rounds as a test for Martin.

“To be fully honest with you, we consider the first four races in the overseas as a test for Jorge because he lost the opportunity ജto test during Sepang and Buriram,” Bonora explained.

“And in MotoGP when you jump from one b💜ike to a new one, you have to find the conജfidence.

“It will no꧑t be easy but we will put all our en🎐ergy to help him.

“We ha꧃ve seen that Marco immediately felt the confidence here in Burir📖am so this gives us more confidence to bring to Jorge a good bike.”

The fi🍸rst of Martin’s home Spanish rounds, at Jerez, kicks off the European leg of 🦋the MotoGP season from April 27-29.

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