After his various injuries, fractures on both arms and left foot, because of his two falls during the offseason, Jorge Martín injured again during the main race at the Qatar Grand Prix, which marked his return to competition. The Spaniard will remain hospitalized for several days, mainly due to a pneumothorax, but also because it suffers from multiple fractures with the coast and on the vertebral bow.
If the assessment is so heavy, it is not because of the fall itself, but because Martín was hit at high speed by the front wheel of Fabio Di Giannantonio, who was right behind him. Contacts in this way are among the most dangerous possible on a motorcycle and Di Giannantonio, shocked by the incident, was relieved when he saw that Martín was aware.
“first, I know he’s going ‘well’, let’s say”said Di Giannantonio, who was expressed when Martín had just been transferred to the hospital to take exams. “Obviously, they check if everything is fine but it is going to be generally well and it is the most important in my opinion. We were very lucky for our championship.”
Of giannantonio na al faire pé fa faireour ps éviter Martín: “He was in front, he came out a little wide. I was quite close to him, I was trying to double him. When he fell, his body was right in front of my motorcycle. We were about 200 km/h, more or less – if it is not 200, it is 160 or 180, it is a very fast turn, and I struck it. It was at the entrance to the turn 13.
“Afterwards, I attacked but I thought of him the whole race because I was really afraid. I stopped in front of his garage at the end of the race, because I wanted the team to tell me if it was fine and it is the most important today.”
Martín remained prostrate in the release area for several minutes and needed the medical team to be evacuated. Meanwhile, Di Giannantonio sought to learn about giant screens and was surprised that the race was not interrupted.
“I had goosebumps because it was the worst scene of my life, sincerely. It was a very bad fall and it was still on the ground. I watched the screens to try to understand if it was going well or not. He remained on the ground and I said to myself ‘you have to see if it goes well’ but fortunately, it was fine so there was no red flag. Finally it was good.”
