Jorge Martin passed fit to practice at Qatar Grand Prix
Jorge Martin has been cleared to ride in first practice at the Qatar Grand Prix, keeping his MotoGP title hopes alive. The Spaniard fractured his wrist in Australia and arrives at Losail 44 points behind Marc Marquez.
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Jorge Martin foi liberado para correr o primeiro treino livre de sexta-feira no GP do Catar, dando ao piloto da Aprilia uma chance de manter viva a esperança de título mundial.
Martin fraturou o punho no GP da Austrália no mês passado, e a dor persistente o forçou a abandonar a tentativa de correr na Malásia no último fim de semana. Depois de uma breve volta à Espanha, ele tentará de novo em Losail neste fim de semana, embora qualquer coisa além do FP1 dependa da equipe médica da MotoGP.
Restam três fins de semana de corrida, e suas chances de impedir Marc Marquez de conquistar o oitavo título são pequenas. Ele chega ao Catar 44 pontos atrás, e Marquez pode selar a taça se ampliar a vantagem em 30 pontos até o fim de domingo.
Outros dois espanhóis foram liberados para todo o fim de semana em Losail. Fermin Aldeguer, da Gresini Ducati, está de volta após quebrar a mão na Indonésia, enquanto Raul Fernandez, da Trackhouse Aprilia, faz outra tentativa de fim de semana completo depois da lesão no dedo sofrida no mesmo evento.
Fernandez desistiu das etapas da Austrália e da Malásia após rodar pouco. Um comunicado da equipe afirmou: “Raul Fernandez concluiu a avaliação médica do dedo indicador direito, fraturado na corrida sprint da Indonésia, realizada pela equipe médica do campeonato, no Circuito Internacional de Lusail, e foi declarado apto a correr no GP do Catar.”
Quem não estará na garagem da Gresini é Alex Marquez, companheiro de Fernandez, que aproveitou a pausa para operar a clavícula direita fraturada em Barcelona, em maio. Iker Lecuona, substituto de Aldeguer na Austrália e na Malásia, portanto, muda de garagem para pilotar a Ducati de Marquez.
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