Jorge Martin in doubt for the Sepang MotoGP test?
Jorge Martin's injury torment may not be over.
The lingering effects of Jorge Martin’s injury-ravaged 2025 season could see the former MotoGP champion ruled out of the upcoming Sepang test.
Jorge Martin’s nightmare year began at the same venue 12 months ago, when he suffered a fractured right hand and multiple breaks to his left foot during pre-season running at Sepang International Circuit.
That was swiftly followed by a supermoto training accident on the eve of the Thai season opener, resulting in a ‘complex fracture’ of the left radius and scaphoid bones, along with damage to his heel and ribs.
After finally making his long-awaited comeback in Qatar, Martin then endured his most serious setback: eleven fractured ribs and a collapsed lung following a heavy crash in the grand prix.
His return was again halted later in the season when he sustained a displaced collarbone fracture after colliding with Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi at the start of the Motegi Sprint.
Although Martin returned to the RS-GP for the Valencia season finale and post-race test - and made no reference to ongoing physical issues during Aprilia’s recent team launch - El Periódico and Motorsport.com report that the Spaniard has undergone two follow-up surgeries in recent weeks and is still not fully recovered.
The first procedure is said to have addressed the notoriously slow-healing scaphoid bone in his left wrist, while a second operation was reportedly to try and resolve discomfort related to the collarbone injury.
Should Martin be forced to miss the three-day Sepang test, he would be left with only the two-day Buriram test in mid-February before the new MotoGP season begins at the same Thai circuit at the end of the month.
Martin, the first non-factory team title winner of the MotoGP era with Pramac Ducati in 2024, managed a best result of fourth place in-between last year's spate of injuries.
Meanwhile, Bezzecchi stole the limelight by winning three GPs, three Sprints and took a new Aprilia high of third in the world championship.
Martin, who made an unsuccessful attempt to leave his Aprilia contract early, is currently unsigned for 2027.
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