MotoGP championship contender Jorge Martin may be targeting a sooner than expected return to race action after the Phillip Island injury that seemed to have effectively ended his title shot this season.
Martin’s Aprilia team announced on Sunday morning that the Spanish rider will remain in Australia this week despite breaking his arm on Saturday during the sprint race at the iconic circuit.
That strategic decision potentially opens the door wide for an attempted racing return at Sepang in just one week’s time, keeping his championship aspirations alive despite the setback.
Initial reports from the team on Saturday afternoon suggested that Martin had broken both the radius and ulna bones in his right arm, stating that he would first travel to a hospital in Melbourne located two hours away from the Phillip Island track for further assessment.
That medical assessment ultimately turned out to feature good news, with a suspected fracture of his ulna, which is the smaller bone in the lower arm, completely ruled out by the scanning procedures.
As reported by The-Race, Aprilia released a definitive update on his physical condition. "Jorge Martin underwent a CT scan to assess his condition following yesterday’s injury. The only confirmed injury is a non-displaced fracture of the distal radius," said the team’s official statement.
"Consequently, the rider will not be returning to Spain and will undergo the necessary treatment over the coming days," the statement added, confirming his stay in the region to facilitate immediate rehabilitation.
With the MotoGP paddock travelling directly from Australia to Malaysia for the next leg of its grueling back-to-back races at Sepang, the news that Martin will bypass a trip back home to remain locally heavily supports a potential weekend comeback.
His unfortunate crash out of Saturday’s sprint and Marc Marquez’s subsequent victory has tipped the championship lead clearly in favour of the Ducati rider for the first time this year, turning Martin’s slender two-point advantage into a 10-point deficit.
However, with heavy rain and drastically reduced visibility throwing Sunday’s main event at Phillip Island into extreme doubt, mitigating circumstances might ultimately help Martin limit the championship damage, making a prospective return at Sepang far more vital.
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