Aprilia MotoGP rider Jorge Martin has been diagnosed with a collarbone fracture following his crash with team-mate Marco Bezzecchi at the start of the Motegi sprint.
Martin lost control of his bike on approach to Turn 1, leading to a hard impact with his team-mate, in which Bezzecchi appeared to have come off worse initially.
LIGHTS OUT in the #TissotSprint 🚥@PeccoBagnaia nails the start as @88jorgemartin and Bezzecchi are out at the first corner 😱#JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/Q9d9z35wMY
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) September 27, 2025
But while Bezzecchi looked relatively unhurt if shaken up getting up on his feet, Martin was seen holding his right arm – and headed to the circuit medical centre for checks.
An X-ray revealed, according to his Aprilia team, a “displaced fracture of the right collarbone” – meaning a break in which the pieces of the bone are misaligned.
Martin has subsequently headed by helicopter to Dokkyo Medical University in Mibu – a town just under 50km away from the circuit – for a CT scan.
Bezzecchi will also undergo further medical checks, in his case on his right leg.
It is the fourth substantial injury Martin has suffered in his first year as an Aprilia rider.
He was hurt twice in the pre-season – first during testing, with hand and foot fractures from a Sepang crash, then in a training crash that led to worse hand injuries.
Upon finally returning to MotoGP competition for round four in Qatar in April, he crashed and was hit by Fabio Di Giannantonio’s Ducati, suffering broken ribs and a lung injury that put him back on the sidelines again until July.