Jorge Martin has had an eventful weekend at the Austrian MotoGP, with several off-track excursions in practice, a lap record in qualifying, and a penalty in the Sprint from which he recovered to s💎econd.

Perhaps the most bizarre thing to happ🦋en to Martin this weekend, 𒀰though, is a cut to his thumb that he picked up while showering on Friday night.

I🏅n general, it’s not a huge problem for Martin while riding. “While riding, it’s okay,” Martin told MotoGP.com after the Austrian Sprint. “I struggle to put well the [ride height] device, maybe. This is the main issue, but it’s not a big problem.”

However, there is one specific area where Martin feels the injury is ꦿhaving a significant impac✅t.

“On t🏅he start, it’s a big problem,” Martin admitted. “I lost two position♍s — normally I start quite well, but I don’t have a good feeling with the clutch.

“It’s what it is, hopefull💃y I can improve tomorrow and at least have that first position at the beginning of the ra✃ce.”

After losing out at the start, Martin was able to regain the lead of the Sprint from Francesco Bagnaia on lap one, but cutting the 2a-2b chicane when he got out o💙f shape in braking eventually resulted in a long lap penalty for the Pramac Ducati rider.

While Martin accepts the penalty is fair in the context of the rules, he feels that, as🐲 he dropped from first to second place when he cut the chicane, the penalty should be reviewed.

“I think I could have done a bit better in the race without that penalty,” Martin said. ﷺ“I think it’s fair because it’s written in the regulations, but I think it should be reviewed because I enter the shortcut in first position and I exit in second, so for sure I lost some time.”

Martin’s penalty cost him around four seconds to the leader, Bagnaia — wh🏅o eventually won the race.

“I think it will🥂 be a muc♏h better show without the long lap because I had something to try,” Martin told MotoGP.com’s Simon Crafar on the Sprint podium. “I was really close to Pecco, and we could see the first two laps were amazing. I really enjoyed that.”

Speaking to MotoGP.com’s Jack Appleyꦫard after the podium celebrations, Martin explained that 𝔉he felt he had a similar pace to Bagnaia before the penalty.

“The pace [compared to Bagnaia] is similar, I think,” Martin said. “For sure after the long lap I had nothing to gain, so I was just 🍎trying to finish the race. But at the beginning I felt strong, I felt he was really close, he wasn’t pꦚulling away.”

This is a good 🤪sign for Sunday’s Grand Prix, Martin thinks.

“I think tomorrow we can play our game, we can battle with him and hopefully we can a🦄t least stay with ꧒him until the end, and then let’s see what happens.”