Foggy Petronas Racing rider Steve Martin has had a tough run lately however he is determined to put that behind him for Brno. He has been chilling with girlfriend Sandi as he tells us in his exclusive Crash.net column.
I am a little late writing this column because for the last week I have left my computer and mobile phones at home and stole a Multistrada from Ducati.
Sandi and I have had a fantastic time riding the French, Italian and Swiss alpine passes with some friends. It has been something we have talked about doing since arriving in Europe but considering not even the Multistrada has the capacity for three persons, the impending arrival of our first child meant we finally got organised, with the fantastic help of Alpinestars who provided the latest and greatest touring gear for us both. Anyway I have got side-tracked…..now about the racing for the last month.
Silverstone was a meeting that I want to forget but still have a painful reminder when I put my shoes or boots on. I had two DNFs but not only that, I didn’t make Superpole and had two massive crashes - destroying one bike and the other one won’t win at Show and Shine any time soon! I guess I better not put those stats on my job resume.
At Silverstone it was all going really well in the first session but I highsided along with a number of others who crashed on a damp patch. It knocked the wind out of me for the rest of the weekend. I broke my little toe and stretched the ligaments in my groin. I didn’t ride in the wet conditions on the Saturday as there was no hope of improving my qualifying position and was actually feeling better for it on Sunday morning before I had another highside in the warm-up session.
