spanish Jorge Martin (Aprilia RS-GP), despite being 22nd in official practice, MotoGP Grand Prix of the Valencian Community He said he felt his return from injury was “much better than I expected.”

“On the one hand, I’m obviously doing very well, not 100 percent, but at the moment I’ve recovered very well. But on the other hand, I want to recover even more. That’s the problem, because yesterday I met with the doctors and they said that my body is ‘biologically’ broken this year and that I have to be careful not to fall,” the Madrid driver admitted this Friday.

And he dedicated the day to “going round and round” and finding his rhythm, insisting that “this is very important, because then it could be a big risk for the future.” “At the end of the day, I think riding at 30 is a pretty decent pace to find the feel and work on the bike,” he added.

However, the world champion MotoGP 2024 He acknowledged that “it will be very difficult to complete both the sprint and the race,” but reiterated that “the important thing is to complete the laps.”

“If I don’t finish the sprint or the race, it doesn’t matter. On the contrary, what I don’t want is to get into trouble. It’s almost good if I can start with no one behind me so that other riders don’t risk falling. I have to stay calm, achieve my goals and be ready for Tuesday,” continued the Madrid rider.

“The important thing is to do what’s best for me. And the best thing for me is to do the laps and find the feeling. I’m running much faster than I thought and I’m already running in the 30s, so I’m taking an extra risk because I have to be careful. And if I have to stop on the 10th lap of the race, it’s no problem,” he said confidently.

Additionally, Jorge Martin admitted that one of his goals for Sunday’s race was to comply with the double “long lap” penalty imposed by the Race Direction Stewardship Committee for throwing his teammate. Marco BezzecchiWell, “That’s one more addition.”

“I feel much better than I expected. I have to be careful not to fall. This is very important, as that could be a big risk for my future.”

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“For me, this is the first training session of 2026, and some of the laps of that test will require us to go through several ‘long laps’,” Martin added.

In strictly technical terms, martin He said he was “pleased” with the feeling of being at one with his bike, but said it was “clear” the team needed to continue “working on both the ergonomics and the set-up”.

But, he added, “the important thing is that Bezzecchi’s bike and my bike in this last aspect are virtually the same. This is very important and I just need to get around to figuring out how to make it work.”

“It was impressive not the first time I rode it, but the changes I saw in the bike since then. It was a completely different bike so everything was different, but qatarit was my first experience, but the change was terrible and I’m very happy to have found this bike, and one that adapts well to my riding style,” he emphasized about the Aprilia RS-GP.