Jorge Martin is planning an immediate return to MotoGP action at next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, according to Motorsport.com, despite a nasty crash that ruled him out of Sunday's contest in Australia. The Aprilia rider hit the tarmac on lap eight of the Phillip Island sprint while locked in a fierce battle for the lead with title rival Marc Marquez, sliding across the gravel trap and suffering a fracture to the radius in his right arm.
That brutal fall immediately put an end to his weekend, and Marquez capitalized on the victory to reclaim the championship lead. The reigning world champion now holds a 10-point advantage over the 2024 world champion. With Sunday’s grand prix still ahead at the time, Martin faces an uphill struggle to keep pace with the Ducati star, though he intends to do everything within his power to fight back.
Immediately after leaving the circuit on Saturday, the Spaniard traveled to Melbourne for further imaging tests. Those scans confirmed that the fracture in his arm is non-displaced. This means that, for now, he can avoid surgery, leaving the door open for him to travel to Malaysia next week, where doctors will assess whether he is fit to race.
Initially, there were serious concerns that the tumbles he took across the gravel might have also fractured the ulna in the same arm. However, a CT scan carried out later that afternoon ruled that out entirely. A statement released afterwards confirmed that Jorge Martín underwent a CT scan to assess his condition, noting that the only confirmed injury is a non-displaced fracture of the distal radius, and that the rider will not return to Spain, choosing instead to undergo the necessary treatment over the coming days.
Over the next few days, Martin is expected to focus heavily on physiotherapy. The agency representing both him and Pedro Acosta travels with a physiotherapist, and the treatment will concentrate in particular on magnetotherapy to accelerate the healing of the fractured bone. Regardless of whether the championship doctors ultimately clear Martin to race at Sepang, he would almost certainly be in a visibly compromised physical condition, severely hampered by the injury to his arm at one of the most physically demanding circuits on the calendar.
