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# The 'fear' Martin banished with his injured Qatar GP ride
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/motogp/jorge-martin-motogp-qatar-fear-banished/
- Published: 2026-11-09T11:01:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T11:01:16.000Z
- Description: Jorge Martin says his injury-limited ride in the Qatar GP helped him overcome a specific "fear" at Lusail - even if it didn't do much for his MotoGP title hopes
- Author: Simon Patterson
- Tags: MotoGP, #jorge-martin, #aprilia, #secondary_feature_4

Jorge Martin says his injury-limited ride in the Qatar Grand Prix helped him overcome a specific "fear" at the circuit - even if it didn't do much for his MotoGP title hopes in 2026.

Martin had to pull out of the Malaysian Grand Prix after breaking his wrist in the Phillip Island sprint, but gutted it out through the full Qatar weekend two weeks on from the fracture.

He was too strength-deprived to manage a good qualifying, but picked up third in the sprint, before settling for a quieter seventh place in the main race to leave Qatar 60 points down on Marc Marquez - with 74 left available.

Martin, however, was particularly pleased to see out the weekend incident-free, especially as in the main race he found himself low on energy and with Fabio Di Giannantonio behind - a repeat of the circumstances from April of last year, when Martin fell and was struck by Di Giannantonio's Ducati, suffering rib fractures and a collapsed lung.

"I think I 'unblocked' one more fear," Martin told The Race of his grand prix ride this Sunday. "Every time I went into that corner 12, with Diggia behind, it was honestly a s\*\*t feeling.

"It wasn't nice. But I was fully concentrated, with much more knowledge about myself, about the bike, about the control I have, so I was able to go through that corner in a good way."

Martin's current deficit means Marquez would already win the title with a win in the Portimao sprint, so the efforts to prolong the title battle are likely to have been for naught.

Nevertheless, he was convinced it was worthwhile to race in Qatar.

"Very tired. For sure the effort was worth it but now I feel a lot of pain," added Martin. "Luckily, I have two weeks to recover, so I hope that in Portimao I will be at my almost 100%.

"The bone is healing really fast. I will continue with all the therapies, but I think the race was quite good. Starting in 10th wasn't the best, but the pace for being in that top five was there, so I'm happy.

"For sure, the last few laps I was destroyed and I was just trying to finish. But on Tuesday I wasn't even thinking about coming, and finally I was on the podium yesterday and today I did a great job.

"I want to finish my stage with this team, with Aprilia, in the best way possible. I want to not think about the championship, I'll try to do my maximum and try to take some wins before the end of the season.

"So I hope that my physical condition lets me fight, because I think the potential is always there. We saw Marco \[Bezzecchi, winning for Aprilia\], and I think if I was at my 100% I would be able to win. So I'm really confident that I can be much more competitive."