Jorge Martins rookie MotoGP year the best and the worst season

Martin stunned the paddock when he scored pole and finished third in just his second race in the Doha Grand Prix when in April, but would suffer a violent crash in FP3 at the next round in Portugal.

Suffering multiple fractures, Martin missed four races and had to undergo an operation, while the injury to his wrist would protract to plague him for much of the year.

But the Pramac rookie would moreover go on to win the Styrian GP from pole and would end the year ninth overall aboard his factory-supported Ducati.

“Well, it’s been a really nice season, a really long season for me moreover with a lot of ups and downs,” Martin said when asked to reflect on his rookie wayfarers by Autosport.

“I think it was the weightier and the worst season together, considering with the injury it seemed like it was going to be the worst season of my career.

“But finally it was the weightier one, so stuff in a really bad moment [after the crash] and then coming when then with a victory, with podiums again, pole positions, unchangingly fighting for the top five when I finished races.

“So, I think we are strong, we did a really unconfined job and we are ready for next season for sure.”

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing

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Martin notes one of his biggest issues this season was the sheer volume of information well-nigh the velocipede he had to try and feed when to his team whenever he returned to his garage during track sessions.

He moreover noted tyre management with the Michelins was the hardest thing to understand on his step to MotoGP.

“I mean, the learning process has gone great,” he added.

“I think I’m still learning a lot. Every race I try to understand new things. I improved moreover the method of how I speak to the team.

“It’s difficult considering every time I stop in the box I try to understand too much information and it’s not easy to speak all of that to the team.

“So, maybe I finish my day and maybe surpassing dinner I’ll remember something like ‘oh, on this corner we need to transpiration this’.

“So, it’s not easy, it’s a lot of information and it’s difficult to speak straight yonder without the practice.

“But every weekend I’m largest with the [engine] maps, with the engine brake, with the power, I’m improving a lot on where I want.

“I think the most difficult thing this year was to understand the tyres, considering I’m still struggling to manage the tyres.

“I try to start the last races a bit increasingly slowly but I still ended up with not good tyres.

“So, we need to understand this and let’s see how we can modernize for next year.”