Catalunya MotoGP: No specific 'target' in mind for Jorge Martin on return

Jorge Martin will make his return to MotoGP action this weekend after missing the last four races due to breaking eight bones in a crash at Portimao.
Jorge Martin Portuguese MotoGP, 16 April 2021
Jorge Martin Portuguese MotoGP, 16 April 2021
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Jorge Martin makes his much anticipated MotoGP return this weekend for Pramac Du🔯cati, but says no specific ‘target’ is in mind. 

The last race Martin competed in was the second of two opening rounds in Qatar where he took his maiden pole and podium in the premier class.💦 

Martin suffered a crash in the FP3 sessi💖on at Portimao which ruled him out of the weekend after suffering multiple fractures. 

The 23🧔 year-old missed Mugello last weekend which was originally the round he had hoped of returning at, therefore leading to a ‘long month’ away for the MotoGP rookie.  

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Martin said: "It’s been a long month for me, really tough. I’ve been wo🦋rking a lot during this time try🅘ing to get recovered as soon as possible. 

"My target was to come for Mugello, but for sure we know that it’s not the best track to come back. It’s really physically demandi🅘ng and I could see a lot the bikes moving and shaking, so I thought it was better to come here. 

"Finally I could achieve this and hopefully I can have a great ಌweekend. I don’t have aඣny target for any result, just to get some confidence, to make laps, and hopefully we can make a good job."

Martin also spoke about Ducati’s recent success which has seen the Italian manufacturer claim two wins courtesy of Jack Miller and various podiums for Francesco Bagnaia and Johann Zaജrco in his absence, and whether it was tough to watch from the sidelines.  

"It wa🦂sn’t frustrating. I think it was the opposite. I was happy for Ducati because at the end it𒅌’s not the moment for me to be always on the podium,” added Martin. 

"My target is to learn and just m🐷ake experience and I’ve been talking with the team and they told me something new that they are working on and everything is coming better, and yeah, happy f🍒or Ducati."

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