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MotoGP: Jorge Martin looking forward to racing soon after pre-season test crash

MotoGP: Jorge Martin looking forward to racing soon after pre-season test crash

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin said he was looking forward to recovering fast from the spectacular accident he suffered in pre-season testing in Malaysia on Wednesday, Afrosport reports. The Spaniard fractured his right hand and bones in his left foot after he was thrown from his bike in a highside crash at the Sepang International Circuit, while testing for his new team Aprilia. Martin appeared in...

MotoGP: Jorge Martin to undergo surgery for pre-season crash at Sepang

MotoGP: Jorge Martin to undergo surgery for pre-season crash at Sepang

MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin will have surgery after sustaining a fracture to his hand and foot following a crash during pre-season testing in Sepang, Malaysia, on Wednesday, Afrosport reports. Martin landed heavily on the tarmac, having been launched into the air after losing control of his bike on turn two. He landed face-first, causing his helmet to shatter on the Sepang track. The 27-year-old, who...

Jorge Martin crowned 2024 MotoGP champion at Barcelona season finale

Jorge Martin crowned 2024 MotoGP champion at Barcelona season finale

Jorge Martin was crowned the 2024 MotoGP world champion after finishing third in the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona on Sunday, Afrosport reports. The season finale was moved to the Circuit de Catalunya after the traditional race in Valencia was cancelled due to flooding in the eponymous region. Jorge Martin came into Sunday’s race in Barcelona 19 points clear of double world champion Bagnaia and having...

MotoGP: South Africa’s Binder surprised to win Argentina sprint race

MotoGP: South Africa’s Binder finishes Americas GP sprint in fifth

South African and KTM rider Brad Binder finished the Grand Prix of the Americas sprint race in fifth place while 2023 leader Francesco Bagnaia won the race. Binder won the previous sprint race in Argentina after charging from 15th. There was none of that in Austin as he started in 11th place as per his qualifying result which will also be his starting position in Sunday's...

MotoGP: Bagnaia wins 2023 season opener in Portugal

MotoGP: Bagnaia wins 2023 season opener in Portugal

Current MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia began the 2023 season with victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The Italian rider won MotoGP's inaugural sprint race on Saturday and was dominant again in his Ducati in Sunday's race as he finished ahead of Aprilia's Maverick Vinales and Ducati's Marco Bezzecchi who took second and third respectively. Pole-sitter and six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez lost...