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who was making his race return
after an injury-filled start to his
life as the number one. This
wouldn't last, however, as Martin
dropped back to eventually fin-
ish 16th in his first Sprint since
the 2024
Solidarity GP.
Up front, Marc's lead grew to
1.2 seconds over his brother,
Alex, with three laps remaining.
Morbidelli's third place came
Alex briefly overtook Marc
at turn one on lap two, only for
the eight-time World Champion
to strike back immediately. As
Marc began to stretch a lead,
Bagnaia dropped places—first
to Acosta (Red Bull KTM), then
Ogura (Trackhouse Racing
Aprilia), and finally, briefly, to
returning World Champion Jorge
Martin (Aprilia Racing Team),
[safe] to roll into the gravel with
your arms like fully blown out.
And once you roll over, you hit
your hands and everything. I'm
not saying that we should get
rid of airbags, but for sure, there
is much room for improvement
in the system, especially the
volume of air that goes into the
system."
MARTIN'S RETURN
Jorge Martin was back on a
MotoGP machine for the first
time since the start of February
as he made his return from a
serious wrist injury in Qatar. The
current number one admitted
to feeling all kinds of nerves on
Friday as he attempted to rebuild
his confidence on Aprilia's
RS-GP. "Before exiting, I was
really, really scared, because I
didn't know what to expect," he
admitted. "The last feeling with
the bike was terrible. So, I was
scared to have the same feel-
ing, but as soon as I went on the
track already first lap, I was just
touching with the elbow. I was
feeling again. So, I'm happy. I
think we were far away from a
base set up in terms of electron-
ics but also set up." It would all
end badly for Martin, with a crash
in Sunday's GP handing him six
broken ribs and putting his Span-
ish GP participation in doubt.
Briefly...
Fermin Aldeguer (54) continues
to impress in his rookie season
with fifth on Sunday.
