MotoGP rookie Jorge Martin begins big bike era at Cartagena
The cancellatꦉion of the Sepang tests means MotoGP rookie Jorge Martin now needs to wait until March to climb onboard a Desmosedici for the firs🍸t time.
But the new Pramac Ducati rider, Moto3 world champion in 2018 then a double race winner in Moto2 last season (despite missing two rounds due to Covid), has at least been able to kick off his 'big bike' era by taking to t🔴he Cartagena circuit with an 1100cc Panigale V4S road bike.
The cancellation of the Sepang tests means ๊MotoGP rookie🗹 Jorge Martin now needs to wait until March to climb onboard a Desmosedici for the first time.
But the new Pramac Ducati rider, Moto3 world champion in 2018 then a double race winner in Moto2 last season (despite missing two rounds due to Covid), has at least been able to kick off his 'big bike' era by taking to t🍒he Cartagena circuit with an 1100cc Panigale V4S road bike.
"The beginning of a new era for me! After two months without the road bike but today I had great feeling�𝔉�! Looking forward to keep work!" Martin, making his 'debut' in Pramac Ducati leathers, wrote on Instagram.
The Spaniard is one of three Moto2 riders joining the premier-class this season. All will be riding&nbs🌜p;Ducatis, although Martin will have a GP20 at the Pramac team while Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini have GP19s at Avintia.
500GP race winner and MotoGP pit lane reporter Simon Crafar was impressed by the 22-year-old's lap time on an almost stock maཧchine𝔍:
Thought should all know that , after a 2 month break turned up to today on a fresh-from-showroom V4s with a pipe, some front forks & clocked 1:36.0.
— Simon Crafar (@simoncrafar)
Oh, and it was his first go on a big bike.
For comparison, Luke Mossey set 📖the Cartagena BSB lap record with a time of 1m 32.330s, on a Kawasaki ZX-10R in 2017.
Martin, Marini and Bezzecchi🔯 are now scheduled to make their MotoGP debuts at the start of t✅he Qatar Shakedown test on March 5. The trio will have just six days of MotoGP track time before the season-opening Losail race.
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