Official: Jorge Martin gets all clear for Qatar MotoGP return

World champion Jorge Martin to make💟 long-awaited Aprilia debut after injury-hit start to MotoGP season.

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin has been cleared to ride in this weekend’s Qatar MotoGP after passing a medical che𓄧ck at Lusail on Thursday.

The reigning world champion is now set to make his delayed Aprilia race debut, under the floodlights in Saturday’s Sprint and Sunday’🧸s Grand Prix, provided his healing hand and ✱foot fractures can take the strain.

After winning last year’s title with Pramac Ducati, Martin made his RS-GP debut in a one-day test at Barce🦄l🐠ona.

But disaster struck when winter testin൲g resumed at Sep෴ang in early February, with Martin highsiding twice at Turn 1 in the space of 13 laps.

Fractures to his right hand and left foot forced the Spaniard out of the remainཧder of pre-season testing.

Aiming for a return at the Thai season-opener, Martin then suffered even worse injuries in a Supermoto training accidentꦓ, fracturing "ten bones", most notably in his left wrist and heel.

Aprilia’s star signing has been absent from th✱e race track ever since, missing Buriram, Termas and COTA, where he was present as a spectator.

A proposal to allow injured riders to take part 🅷in a private MotoGP t🐟est to evaluate their fitness before a return came to nothing and Martin will complete his first RS-GP laps since Sepang in Friday afternoon’s opening practice.

Aprilia, now und💞er the technical leadership of Fabiano Sterlacchini, has so far taken a best finish of 4th (Sprint) and 5th (GP) by T🎃rackhouse rookie Ai Ogura at Buriram. 

Despite being disqualified from Argentina, Ogura is also the top RS-GP rider with sixt🐷h place in the world championship. Martin’s factory team-mate Marco Bezzecchi starts the Qatar weekend eighth in the standings, with three sixth-place finishes.

While Martin’s♏ title defence is effectively over, his return massively boosts Aprilia’s hopes of salvaging a decent ranking in the teams' and constructors’ standings.

Aprilia currently sits fourth𒊎 - behind🌊 KTM, Honda and runaway leaders Ducati - in the constructors' and are only eighth in the teams' standings.

Aprilia's best MotoGP constructors' ranking is third place and with Honda starting Qatar only 3 points ahead of Apr🎃ilia, second behind Ducati (unbeaten in GPs for over a year) is a realistic goal.

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