Jorge Martin comes from 11th on the final lap to claim a third MotoGP podium in his rookie season; ‘I passed seven riders in two corners. It was a bit difficult to avoid all of them, but when I crossed the finish line on the podium I was so happy.”
Jorge Martin is ready to ‘fight for the podium’ following his second ever MotoGP pole position at the Styrian Grand Prix; ‘this weekend I feel more confident’ than in Qatar.
Jorge Martin finishes 12th in second MotoGP since making a return from injury at Catalunya; ‘At the beginning I felt great and I was in P8, but my physical condition didn’t allow me to push more.”
The Moto2 Styrian Grand Prix was decided after the flag when Jorge Martin was demoted a place for exceeding track limits, handing Marco Bezzecchi a maiden intermediate class win.
Jorge Martin will move up to the MotoGP class next season, with a place at the Pramac Ducati team. The former Moto3 world champion currently rides for the KTM-backed Ajo squad in Moto2 and the Austrian factory was thought to have an option on Martin's services for 2021.
While new team-mate Tetsuta Nagashima celebrated a shock victory on his Ajo debut, Jorge Martin was one of several pre-race favourites to suffer front tyre issues and dropped all the way from 2nd to 20th by the flag.
MotoGP’s silly season had been set to erupt and rumble on throughout 2020 but with the campaign postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic all plans have been put on hold.
It's been anything but a quiet winter for Moto2's Jorge Martin, who had to overcome knee surgery and further foot injuries alongside a switch from KTM to Kalex.
Jorge Martin says Qatar 'a strange weekend without MotoGP, as that puts the pressure on the Moto2 riders a bit more' - expects intermediate class riders to be more hungry for success than ever.
Jorge Martin was set to lose the lead of the Moto3 World Championship with just six laps to go of Sunday's penultimate round at Sepang. The Spaniard had been shuffled down to fifth place as title rival Marco Bezzecchi surged to the head of the field.
Jorge Martin took pole position in the final rush of qualifying for the Moto3 Malaysian Grand Prix, with rival Marco Bezzecchi lining up next to him on the grid.