believes the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya wants to increase the run-off space at Flip 12 after a crash throughout Catalan Grand Prix apply left him with a concussion.
The 2024 MotoGP champion misplaced the front-end of his Aprilia into the right-hander, with the bike smashing into the air fence earlier than bouncing again into the gravel. With restricted run-off accessible to gradual him down, Martin hit the entrance fairing and was visibly shaken after getting again to his toes.
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The Spaniard needed to go to the medical centre for check-ups, with MotoGP’s official physician later revealing that he was “barely concussed” and in addition suffered bruising to his left forearm.
Martin was ultimately cleared to participate in apply begins on the finish of the session, however the incident renewed issues about rider security at what Martin described as a harmful a part of the circuit.
The 28-year-old mentioned the crash instantly reminded him of the deadly accident that claimed the lifetime of Moto2 rider Luis Salmon on the identical nook in 2016.
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“I feel that it is actually harmful to crash there,” he mentioned. “I do not actually prefer to say it, nevertheless it jogs my memory lots about Luis Salom. Once I was crashing, I thought of him right away.
“Fortunately, the bike turned so I went into the fairing and never the handlebars or different items. For positive, it is a spot the place they should enhance as a result of it is actually harmful.”
Martin defined that he was attempting to warm-up the tyre when he made a mistake at Flip 12 and hit the bottom.
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“I had extra lean angle and extra brake than the lap earlier than,” he mentioned. “However I used to be relaxed, I wasn’t pushing.
“However we struggled lots to place temperature into the entrance within the morning. The night was excellent, we might go along with the medium, however the morning was robust to place temperature and that is why you could not even push. And should you do not push, you do not heat up, after which it by no means stops.
“The issue is extra on the left for positive, nevertheless it occurred additionally on the correct. So we’ve got to be actually cautious. At that time I needed to be behind Fabio [di Giannantonio] simply to heat up the tyre after which I crashed.”
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Martin additionally went down at Flip 2 in the direction of the tip of the principle apply session on Friday afternoon, leaving him seventeenth on the timesheets and forcing him to undergo Q1 for the primary time this season.
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Whereas each team-mate and Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez earned a direct passage into Q2, Martin struggled for tempo all through the hour-long session, regardless of having completed second in first apply.
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Martin insisted that there have been no lingering results from his Flip 12 crash when he took to the monitor within the afternoon session.
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing Staff
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing Staff
“I am good,” he mentioned. “I really feel fortunate that nothing occurred within the morning as a result of I feel it was a harmful and a extremely scary crash.
“However I used to be wonderful to journey within the night and bodily, I really feel nice. Within the second run I did not really feel something concerning the first crash.
“For positive, after the night crash, [there is] once more some ache somewhere else, however we’ll test later.”
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