The data of Martín's crash: among the strongest in MotoGP

The Italian brand that supplies suits, gloves and boots to Jorge Martín has published a report with the data of the crash in the FP3 of Portimao. The Pramac rider lost control of his Ducati on the descent of Turn 7 and his body bounced off the tarmac and gravel several times.

In total, the fall lasted 5.2 seconds until it was stopped in the escape. The report has confirmed that he suffered seven impacts of more than 20 G, four of them above 25 G and peaks greater than 26 G. The airbag, mandatory since 2018, acted correctly and deployed in thousandths of a second, thus avoiding greater evils.

However, Martinator suffered fractures to the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand, the medial malleolus of the right ankle, the fifth metacarpal of the left hand, the scaphoid and pyramidal of the right hand, the tibial plateau and the head of the left leg femur. The man from Madrid underwent surgery this Wednesday for a triple operation and hopes to be able to return for the Italian Grand Prix at the end of May.

Compared to other reports made public by Alpinestars of the falls of the pilots they equip, Jorge Martín’s is among the strongest.

At the moment, the one who continues to hold the record for the greatest force registered among those sponsored by the brand is Loris Baz with the 29.9 G that he endured in the fall in the middle of the straight during the 2016 Sepang test.

When Maverick Viñales jumped off the bike at 218 km/h in the last Styrian GP, the force of the blow was 23.45 G and he was sliding on the asphalt for 4.8 seconds.

In qualifying for the 2019 Malaysian GP, Marc Márquez suffered a deceleration of 26.27G , even more than the 25.98G when he crashed in Jerez last year and fractured the humerus in his right arm.

Precisely that fall was one of the longest in recent years, since Márquez was rolling without control for 3.5 seconds. Martin did it 1.7 s more.