It's been anything but a 🧔quiet winter for Moto2's Jorge Martin, who had to overcome knee surgery and further foo♊t injuries alongside a switch from KTM to Kalex.

The former Moto3 champion had put in a strong end to his rookie Moto2 campaign with two podiums and a pair of front-row starts for the Ajo team, but KTM's withdraw from the intermed🗹iate class meant a switchꦍ to Kalex for 2020.

𒊎"At the end of last season I was good, quite competitive, then we changed the bike and it really 𓃲difficult at the beginning to understand the new bike," martin said.

"I also had surgery three months ago, then when I came back to testing I broke my foot again🙈.

"Every season I pray not tꦆo have any injuries. Now I am almost 100% fit. But the pre-season was hard. The surgery🦂 on my knee was really aggressive, but in Jerez I already improved my best time, also here in Qatar.

"I'm still struggling to find a good feeling with the front of the bike but I think it's the same for everybody. So I'm jusꦜt trying to work hard and understand every move we make. Hopefully this weekend we can find✤ a way to fight for victory."

Pressed on the differ🎃ences between the previous tubular-steel KTM chassis and the aluminium Kalex, Martin replied:

"It was a big change last year from steel to now aluminium. What I feel the most is everything is softer, so you can ꦏfeel better what the bike is doing.

"But maybe too soft, because last year the bike was so stable during the corners and also the s༒trongest point I think was braking.

"This year I am struggling more on that side, but it's also nice to feel w⛦hat the bike is doꦓing and I think that's the biggest change."

Despite the front-end issues, Martin was top Kalex ♍during the final pre-season test in Qatar, venue for this 🤪weekend's season opener, and just 0.135s behind Speed Up's Jorge Navarro.

"I think the biggest area [we've improved for this yea🎶r] is in terms of aerodynamics, because we always had a lack of top speed," revealed Navarro, who took eight podiums on🦩 his way to fourth overall in last year's standings.

"To fight in t🉐he races is difficult when you don’t have this top speed because mainly at the beginning of the race everybody is very aggressive and when you don’t have this chance to arrive to the braking point near the rider in front, its difficult 🔯to overtake.

"I think this was the weakest pꦬoint last year, that I had to wait a long time to make a safe move and I a🐻lways arrived late to fight for the victory 'ah, with one or two laps more I could win'.

"I think this year with the new aerodynamics, it will be easier to overtake other ride💜rs."

Opening free꧅💞 practice starts on Friday afternoon at Losail.