Jorge
Martín
Spain
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MotoGP
Date of birth | 29 January 1998 |
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Place of birth | Madrid |
Age | 28 |
Nationality | Spain |
Career start | 2015 |
Disciplines | MotoGP |
Jorge Martín’s passion for motorcycling was handed down from his father, who bought the young Jorge a pocket bike. Setting off with an ambition of beating his idol Valentino Rossi’s records, he began to race and soon showed more than a spark of talent.
In 2012, Martín came within touching distance of the World Championship when he was accepted to compete in the Red Bull MotoGP™ Rookies Cup. Injury affected his campaign, but when fully fit in 2013, he showed he was one of the top riders to watch as he finished runner-up behind Karel Hanika.
Expected to go one better the following year, Martín showed he had the temperament to handle the kind of pressure his ambitions would bring as he was crowned champion in 2014. It secured him a Moto3™ World Championship ride for 2015 with the Aspar team.
Achieving success in Moto3™
The 2017 season marked a new beginning for Martín, as he began riding a Honda NSF250RW for Gresini Racing in the Moto3™ World Championship after leaving Aspar at the end of 2016. And he made the most of it by grabbing nine podiums, including one race win, and ended the season in fourth overall in the championship.
Staying with Gresini for 2018, he clinched the Moto3™ World Championship with a race to spare following a thrilling come-from-behind performance in the Malaysian GP.
Chasing glory in Moto2™
Rather than defend his world title, Martín stepped up to the Moto2™ class for 2019 and signed with the multiple title-winning Red Bull KTM Ajo team. During the second half of the season, he showed impressive improvement in the more senior class, culminating in back-to-back podium finishes in the Japanese and Australian Grands Prix.
Staying with the team for the 2020 season, Martín secured his first Moto2™ victory at the Red Bull Ring in Austria and then another win later in the year in Valencia.
Graduating to MotoGP™
Having made the step up to MotoGP™ for the 2021 season, Martín quickly made a big impression on his Pramac Ducati, finishing third in just his second race. Injury then forced him out of four races, but in just his sixth Grand Prix, the Spaniard secured victory at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
After a couple of injury-disrupted seasons, Martín then enjoyed a memorable 2023 campaign as he secured four victories, three podiums and a host of top-10 finishes as he narrowly missed out on the world title, ending the season in second place overall.
Crowned a world champion
The Spaniard remained with Pramac Ducati for the 2024 season and achieved his dream, clinching his first MotoGP™ world title in a thrilling finale to the season.
After taking his No.1 plate to a new home at Aprilia Factory Racing for the 2025 season, a series of crashes and injuries early in the season put an end to his dreams of defending the title, but following surgery in the winter, Martín will be aiming to get back on track in 2026.
Martín won the Red Bull Rookies Cup title in 2014
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10 years later, Martín was crowned MotoGP™ world champion
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Martín has had plenty of reasons to celebrate throughout his racing career
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Plenty of work is put in away from the track
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