Follow♎ing his huge free practi💫ce crash at Portimao earlier this year, rookie sensation Jorge Martin was unsure whether he would ever ride a MotoGP bike again. 

Sin💖ce that FP3 fall, Martin has gone on to claim back-to-back poles, podiums and a maiden win in Austria.

But in the initial aftermath of his accident, an accident which saw him break his scaphoid, the first🎐 metacarpal of his right hand and foot, aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd several other fractures, Martin was left with serious doubts about his premier class future.

"I think it’s been the best and the worst year of my life. I think this year I’ve lived more than in my whole life," said Martin whenꦛ discussing his year as a whole. 

"The injury almost changed my life because I thought I wouldn’t be on a MotoGP bike again. Then making back-to-back podiums, back-to-back poles is just unbelievable. Thanks t🌞o the [Ducati] bike I am living a dream and it giveꦡs me everything. 

"This first season was a success because I could have a really great balance with the bike, just a really great feeling since the beginning even though I thought i🧔t would be more difficult for me to get used to the Ducati because in the past other rookies were struggling a little bit. 

"But the bike has help♚ed me because my style is similar so I didn’t need to change a♚ lot of things. That’s why I’m really competitive.”

"To make a podium as a rookie in just the second race is amazing, but then I had this big in🐈jury and I 🐻didn’t expect to be again on the podium this season." 

Ahead 🐼of his return to Portimao, Martin also alluded to the crash changing his approach to a race weekend for the better♑: "Since Portimao I learned a lot and also I changed my way of looking at the races. 

"When I arrive at a race, a Friday, I’m alrea✤dy much more calm and then I think where to improvಞe, where to risk because I don’t want to make the same mistake."

While Martin looked on course for an easy rookie of the year award due to his stellar run of results fol🦄lowing the summer break. 

Recent crashes at Misano, along with Enea Bastianini’s i⭕ncredible form has instead seen the Italian jump five points clear of Martin with two rounds to go.