MotoGP rookie Jorge Martin is starting his reꦅcovery after undergoing sur♎gery on three of the injuries suffered in Saturday's huge accident at the Portimao Grand Prix.

The young Spaniard fell from his Pramac Ducati on an out-lap and, while TV cameras missed the start of the incident, Martin was seen sliding into the gravel trap at highspeed, where he and the bike were then thrown intꦏo a series of vicious cartwheels.

Th𓂃e Doha pole position starter and podium finisher required surgery for fractures to the metacarpal of his right thumb, right malleolus (ankle🥂) and left tibial plateau (knee), later posting on social media:

Aleix Espargaro - who along with Maverick Vinales was publicly thanked by Mart༺in for taking him training and lending him bikes when he couldn’t afford them earlier in his career - said of the Po꧟rtimao accident:

"Jorge is very young and these ups and down💝, after the pole and now the big crash, happ⛦en because he's trying. He still needs to understand the bike and when you are so brave like Jorge is, this can happen.

"If you are a little bit more of a relaxed rider maybe you will not have the big crashes, but also you ಞwill not finish on the podium. So I prefer to be brave and have these crashes and Jorge will be back soon."

With Martin ready ruled out of next weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, Pramac ha🌱s drafted in Tito Rabat to ride alongside Johann Zarco at Jerez, Ducati's usual stand-in rider Michele Pirro being busy with MotoGP testing duties.