{"id":702828,"date":"2026-05-29T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702828\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:38:12","slug":"is-jorge-martins-crash-strewn-barcelona-motogp-costing-him-confidence-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702828\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Jorge Martin\u2019s crash-strewn Barcelona MotoGP costing him confidence in Italy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Jorge Martin says he has \u201cthe least feeling of the season\u201d at the Italian MotoGP this weekend, two weeks on from his crash-strewn weekend in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Martin was fairly underwhelming on Friday at Mugello, getting into the top-10 in eighth place in the afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> practice but lacking the kind of standout speed that was a factor for him at Le Mans, Jerez, and even at times in Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1317135_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 Italian MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToday I didn\u2019t feel good at all,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973236\/jorge-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge Martin<\/a> explained after Practice at Mugello.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m having the same problems I used to have in 2024 on Friday and Saturday. Luckily, now I have more experience so we knew already which direction to take and it was working well. But still we have to, and we have time to, adapt more to this track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMugello is a track where you need a lot of feeling and if you make one change that maybe it helps you, it helps you a lot all the track. So, we need to continue working on this matter and we are doing a great job, but the other factories are super-strong here also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Aprilia RS-GP dominated the start of the season but has seemed more fallible in recent weeks, most notably with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/995158\/marco-bezzecchi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marco Bezzecchi<\/a>\u2019s struggles in Catalunya two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Martin says that the Mugello weekend has so far given him the \u201cleast feeling of the season\u201d with the RS-GP, but he admitted that this could be an after-effect from his six-crash weekend in Barcelona, including the Monday test.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1316509_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin clash, 2026 Catalan MotoGP. \" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Raul Fernandez, Jorge Martin clash, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think it\u2019s always good, the Aprilia is always good,\u201d Martin said. \u201cBut Mugello is where I have the least feeling of the season, let\u2019s say, comparing to other tracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBarcelona for sure was cold, strange grip, but I was always having a good feeling with the front.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut here I\u2019m having much more movements and struggling more, but the bike is performing well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMaybe it\u2019s just myself that after all those crashes I feel that I\u2019m about to crash, so I need to work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1317334_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He added: \u201cI\u2019m used to crashing so this is part of our sport, but for sure when you crash six times, sometimes [in a straight line], you lose the confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToday I was braking and I was feeling that \u2018Maybe I\u2019m crashing\u2019, but I wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLap-by-lap I\u2019m building confidence. Today, during the practice, I improved a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI hope that tomorrow I wake up with more confidence and I can attack a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1317391_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Jorge Martin, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The crashes also had a physical impact, but Martin said the pain reduced throughout Friday in Italy.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn the morning I felt quite a lot of pain, but in the [afternoon] we improved a bit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnyway, today I feel I pushed my limits in terms of I think I did one 1m45s no breathing, so after the lap I was struggling to breathe. I\u2019m still exhausted from the effort, but this is our sport, it\u2019s not easy. I did my best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/aprilia-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aprilia Racing<\/a> rider added that he will \u201cabsolutely I will take something\u201d on Saturday, when asked whether he will take painkillers tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m feeling quite okay, but it\u2019s getting inflamed and we need to control this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Martin says he has \u201cthe least feeling of the season\u201d at the Italian MotoGP this weekend, two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[10669,64,63,5744,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-702828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-aprilia-racing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jorge-martin","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}