Jorge Martin had “no intention to ride, went to a shop to get a helmet”

Jorge Martin addresses injury absence and 💦Aprilia exit

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

The smile was back on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s face as he stood inside an Aprilia garage.

Earlier this week, the MotoGP champion was present at their promotional Aprilia🉐 All-Stars event.

For the manufacturer it came after Marco Bezzecchi’s brilliant Silverstone win, but also amid the drama of Martin’s desir🅰ed exit.

Martin, still injured, jumped on an Aprilia to do some laps of Misano in unofficial leathers. The ma🍷nufacturer explained it was because he wasn’t d꧃ue to be on a bike.

“I am happy to be here,” Martin said.

“I came here with🅷 n﷽o intention to ride but when I saw the bikes…

“It was a nice day. I thought to try!

“We went to a shop to get leathers and a helmet.

“I went🍌 out, I enjoyed it a lot. It was a nice event🌳.”

Jorge Martin 'recovery is going well'

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

His ability to j🎀ump on a bike - albeit a vastly different proposition to racing a MotoGP m🅰achine - hinted at a recovery from injury.

Martin damaged ribs and a lung by crashing at the♉🙈 Qatar MotoGP, his sole Sunday race since joining Aprilia after winning the championship with Ducati. He was previously sidelined with separate injuries.

Aprilia confirmed Martin would be reexamined by medic🍌s in a month, afteဣr undergoing tests this week in Barcelona, before a return date can be pencilled in.

“The recovery is going well,” Martin said.

“For sure, it is slow bꦦecause it was a really big injury.

“I wan꧟t, in the middle of June, to train with a motorbike.”

Martin is trying to get back to racing action while clarifyinꦏg his plan to leave Aprilia at the end of 2025.

He made clear the existence of a contractual clause whic🌸h would allow him to walk away a year early.

“I already said what I think,” Martin said.

“Let’s see, through these weeks, how it evolves.”

Martin had previously mentioned a ‘second chance’ for Aprilia - to give them time, after his return from🎐 injury, to p𓂃rove their competitiveness.

But Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola described Bezzecchi’s win at Silverstone as all the proof that Martin n🎶eeds.

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