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.jpg) Martín at the2023 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 (age 27) Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Aprilia Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge Martín Almoguera (born 29 January 1998), nicknamed theMartinator, is a SpanishGrand Prix motorcycle racer, who rides forAprilia Racing. He won the2024 MotoGP World Championship withPrima Pramac Racing, becoming the first independent team rider to win the premier class title in theMotoGP era.[1]
After winning the2014 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Martin moved to theMoto3 class the following year, winning the title in2018 withGresini Racing. He spent two years inMoto2 before moving to the premier class with Prima Pramac Racing in2021. Martin won theStyrian Grand Prix during his first season in MotoGP, ending his rookie year with fourpole positions.[2] He finished runner-up toFrancesco Bagnaia in the World Riders' Championship in2023, but won the MotoGP title the following year.
In2015, Martín made his full-time Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship withMapfre Team Mahindra, riding a Mahindra alongsideFrancesco Bagnaia andJuanfran Guevara. His best result was a 7th place inAragon, and managed to score 45 points in his rookie season.
Martín remained with the same team for the2016 Moto3 World Championship. His first-ever Grand Prix podium came in the rain-affectedCzech Grand Prix, where he finished second. He closed the season 16th in the standings, scoring 72 points.
In2017 Martín moved to theDel Conca Gresini Racing team. His teammate wasFabio Di Giannantonio. He started the season red hot, finishing on the podium the first three races, two third places in Qatar and Argentina, and a second place in the USA. In the middle of the year, Martín grabbed three more 3rd places in Barcelona, Austria, and Silverstone, before finishing the season as he started it. In the three last races, he finished third in Australia, second in Malaysia, and achieved his first victory of the category in the last race at Valencia. Martín secured nine pole positions during the season (Qatar, France, Italy, Barcelona, Holland, Aragon, Australia, and Valencia), earning a reputation as one of the fastest qualifiers in the MotoGP paddock. He finished the season in 4th place with 196 points, despite missing the Czech Grand Prix at the Brno circuit due to an injury sustained in the preceding round.
In2018, Martín became the world champion in the Moto3 class.[3] He had seven wins (Qatar, America, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Aragon, and Malaysia), two second places in San Marino and Valencia, a third place in Austria, and continued his brilliant Saturday performances, with eleven pole positions.
He earned 260 championship points, 42 more than teammateFabio Di Giannantonio, who finished runner-up in the championship. Oddly enough, Martín was again forced to miss the Czech Grand Prix, due to a fracture of the left radius, remedied in free practice.
As champion, Martín moved up a category for the2019 Moto2 World Championship, riding for theRed BullKTMAjo Motorsport team. He collected a third place in Japan, and a second place in Australia, ending the season in 11th place with 94 points.
In2020, Jorge Martín continued with the Ajo team, which transitioned to using Kalex bikes that season. He had a strong start, securing pole position and finishing third at Jerez. Martín claimed his first Moto2 victory at the Austrian Grand Prix and followed it with a second-place finish at the Styrian Grand Prix the next weekend. However, on 10 September 2020, Martín tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to miss the next two rounds at Rimini and Misano. After recovering, he concluded the season on a high note with a third-place finish in Aragón, a second place in the first Valencian race, and a victory in the second Valencian race. Martín achieved six podium finishes—two each in first, second, and third places—along with one pole position and 160 points, ultimately ranking 5th in the championship standings.
Martín joined the premier class with Pramac Racing Ducati, alongsideJohann Zarco who moved from Esponsorama, for the2021 season. Martín started with finishing 15th in his first race of the premier class, then scored a pole position in the second round of the year in Qatar, finishing the race in 3rd place, and scoring his first MotoGP podium. Unfortunately, he had a serious accident during the practice before the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, and was forced to miss the Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian races, being replaced for the first two rounds byTito Rabat, and the latter two byMichele Pirro. Martín was originally meant to return for the Italian Grand Prix, but due to advise by doctors he forwent the race. He made a full return in the Catalan Grand Prix, finishing 14th, before a 12th place finish at the German Grand Prix, and a retirement at the Dutch GP, after he was having physical issues with his biceps and also having tendinitis. At the Styrian GP, Martín took his second pole position, and following a red flag incident, he took his maiden MotoGP win in the re-started race. With this victory, he earned Pramac Racing's first ever MotoGP victory, and became just the third rider in the modern 1000cc era, to win a race in his rookie season, afterMarc Márquez in 2013, andBrad Binder in 2020. The very next weekend, he grabbed his third pole position of the season in Austria, and his third podium too, finishing the race in third. In the season closer at Valencia, Martín scored his fourth pole position, and his fourth podium, finishing the race in second place. When on pole position, he never finished off the podium, collecting 111 points, enough for 9th in the championship, and won rookie of the year by 9 points overEnea Bastianini.
Martín and Zarco remained withPramac Racing for the2022 MotoGP season.[4] At the2022 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Martín took pole, and broke the all-time lap at thePhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.[5]
Pramac Racing retained Martín and Zarco for the2023 MotoGP World Championship.[6]
Over the early and middle phases of the season, Martín established himself as a firm championship contender, along with world championFrancesco Bagnaia andMarco Bezzecchi after wins inGermany andSan Marino. Said championship challenge was strengthened by championship leader Bagnaia's crash at theIndian Grand Prix, after which Martín only trailed the championship lead by 13 points. Martín briefly took the championship lead after the sprint race at theIndonesian Grand Prix, but the lead was ceded back to Bagnaia after he crashed out of the lead of the main race, which was eventually won by Bagnaia. For the rest of the season, Martín remained a challenger for the championship until the final round, and his crash in the main race at theValencian Community Grand Prix officially ended his championship challenge. Ultimately, Martín finished 39 points behind Bagnaia, placing him a personal-best 2nd in the riders' championship.
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With the prospect ofMarc Márquez moving toDucati Corse, Martín confirmed his move to fellow Italian factory teamAprilia Racing, during the Mugello Test, on a two-year deal.[7] He will be replacing his mentor and long time friendAleix Espargaró who announced his retirement from Grand Prix racing at theCatalan motorcycle Grand Prix.[8]
During pre-season testing Martin had two separate accidents that caused serious injury to his left wrist. He will miss both theThailand andArgentine Grand Prix. He will be replaced at those races by Aprilia test riderLorenzo Savadori.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2012 | SPA1 Ret | SPA2 12 | POR1 12 | POR2 6 | GBR1 6 | GBR2 11 | NED1 10 | NED2 6 | GER1 19 | GER2 8 | CZE1 6 | CZE2 Ret | RSM | ARA1 7 | ARA2 10 | 12th | 82 |
| 2013 | AME1 7 | AME2 6 | JER1 1 | JER2 4 | ASS1 2 | ASS2 3 | SAC1 1 | SAC2 Ret | BRN 3 | SIL1 Ret | SIL2 12 | MIS 9 | ARA1 7 | ARA2 7 | 2nd | 163 | |
| 2014 | JER1 2 | JER2 3 | MUG 1 | ASS1 2 | ASS2 2 | SAC1 12 | SAC2 1 | BRN1 1 | BRN2 Ret | SIL1 1 | SIL2 1 | MIS 5 | ARA1 4 | ARA2 1 | 1st | 254 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2014 | Mahindra | JER1 | JER2 | LMS | ARA | CAT1 Ret | CAT2 15 | ALB Ret | NAV | ALG | VAL1 | VAL1 | 34th | 1 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
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| 2015 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Mapfre Team Mahindra | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 17th | – |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16th | – |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Honda | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 196 | 4th | – |
| 2018 | Moto3 | Honda | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 260 | 1st | 1 |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 11th | – |
| 2020 | Moto2 | Kalex | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 160 | 5th | – |
| 2021 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pramac Racing | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 9th | – |
| 2022 | MotoGP | Ducati | Pramac Racing | 20 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 152 | 9th | – |
| 2023 | MotoGP | Ducati | Prima Pramac Racing | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 428 | 2nd | – |
| 2024 | MotoGP | Ducati | Prima Pramac Racing | 20 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 508 | 1st | 1 |
| 2025 | MotoGP | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* | – |
| Total | 173 | 18 | 60 | 41 | 14 | 2026 | 2 | ||||
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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| Moto3 | 2015–2018 | 2015 Qatar | 2016 Czech Republic | 2017 Valencia | 67 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 573 | 1 |
| Moto2 | 2019–2020 | 2019 Qatar | 2019 Japan | 2020 Austria | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 254 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2021–present | 2021 Qatar | 2021 Doha | 2021 Styria | 74 | 8 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 1199 | 1 |
| Total | 2015–present | 173 | 18 | 60 | 41 | 14 | 2026 | 2 | |||
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