Los motorcycle racers Every time they suffer a fall, the first thing they instinctively do is see where their motorcycle is. Maybe they can’t stand or walk because of the pain from the blow or an injury, but they can continue walking. competence It’s in your DNA. Stopping running due to a fracture is not usually in your plans and you know it well Jorge Martinthe brand new champion of MotoGPthe queen category of World Speed Championship, formed in 1949 and born a year before Formula 1.
Martin came into the world on January 26, 1998 in San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madridand grew up in a family of workers where they had nothing left over. He inherited his father’s passion for two wheels Ángelwho from the age of two read him articles from motorcycle magazines instead of children’s stories. When Jorge He learned to read, to go to school better prepared he practiced with those magazines and as the years went by he learned more about two wheels.
Once he told his family his dream of wanting to race motorcycles.his father, his mother Susanna and his younger brother Javierthey knew that they were going to have to make enormous sacrifices to be able to accompany him on this long and hard adventure. “We forgot about vacations so we could pay for the tires,” his mother confessed in testimonies collected by ABC. Or for example, having to pay for a season thanks to their victories.
Yes ok Spain It is one of the meccas of motorcycling and children have many schools to learn and develop from a very young age, without money nothing can be done. “There was a time when our diet was pork, chicken and noodles and we also stopped doing a lot of things,” added his mother in statements taken by said medium. She even sold bracelets to pay for her son’s tires.
But the boy showed champion stuff and as it rose, sponsors also joined. The Spanish promotional championships are together with Italia of the best in the world and was able to establish himself in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2014 with 6 victories. This is the same championship where this year the Argentine Valentin Perrone He was third and in 2025 he will debut in Moto3.
In this minor category of Speed Motorcycle World Championship, Jorge He reached the title in 2018 with 7 victories and 10 podiums. But it was after overcoming a big obstacle. In Brnohe fractured his radius, forcing him to undergo surgery. In a review of his injury, they touched a nerve that paralyzed his left hand, the clutch one. Despite the severity of his injury, Martín decided to continue racing to maintain his position as leader aboard his team Honda Of Conca Gresini. The Spaniard not only faced the physical challenge of his injury, but also had to adapt to new conditions in order to continue on the court. In a race in Thailand, He used a special glove designed by his father and his mechanics, which allowed him to move his fingers automatically.. This ingenious device was crucial for him to compete and he was able to finish fourth.
In 2019 he made the leap to Moto2 with a KTM of the team Red Bull KTM Ajo and finished eleventh. In the following season marked by the COVID-19 pandemic he was fifth with a Kalex from the same squad.
In 2021 he debuted in the MotoGP with the team Pramacwhich is a satellite of the official squad Ducati. achieved in Austria his first victory and at that point the elite already knew him as Martinatorthe nickname his father gave him, accustomed to the falls suffered by his son throughout his campaign. He Martinatora nickname linked to the film Terminatorwas also encouraged by his brother who once jokingly stated that Jorge “it has more screws than bones, that’s why Martinatorhalf man, half robot.” Between 2016 and 2023 he had 11 fractures and 6 operationsas reported ABC.
Jorge He suffered many injuries, with broken bones, although he always managed to get back on a motorcycle and run beyond the pain. In fact, they even performed studies on the fragility of his bones and despite this, he continued in pursuit of his dream of becoming a champion in the premier category.
Last year he was the protagonist in the fight for the title, but despite his four wins he could not match the consistency of the Italian Pecco Bagnaiawho consecrated himself with a Ducati official. This season he achieved three wins, but he was more consistent. He had hand in hand again with the one born in Turin and the pivotal date was in Aragonwhere the fall of his rival and his second place earned him jump to the top of the championship. They reached the definition this Sunday and although Pecco took the win in Montmelothird place finish it reached Martinator to get on the podium. It was in an emotional setting at a solidarity event for the victims of the floods in Valencia.
”I don’t know what to say, I’m very surprised. This is for my family, the people who support me, this is for them. “I started to cry at the end of the race, it was a very emotional race,” he admitted after the Catalan competition. “It’s incredible. “I don’t know what to say, I’m totally shocked.”he admitted.
Of his, he highlighted in an interview with I am a biker that “my family has been my most important pillar. I can’t forget everything they have done for me to get here. We are a middle class family. “I don’t forget those days with the minibikes training in a parking lot in San Sebastián de los Reyes or Alcobendas, making food with a camping kitchen.”
“My father is not someone who cries a lot, but we cried together. Both my father and my mother have suffered to move forward when I had no idea what a crisis was.what it was like to be unemployed. All my closest family and also the Pramac team have been fundamental,” he stressed.
”I haven’t had time to do anything, I’m in a hurry and celebrating. “I really enjoyed the race, it was tense, but I was going at my own pace,” he said later in Radio station. “I’ve been preparing for this my whole life. I have been dreaming of being a MotoGP champion since I was little.”he recalled. And he confessed the key to this consecration: “I have changed my mentality, I have enjoyed the process more and I was not as obsessed as last year”.
Martín is the fifth Spaniard to achieve glory in MotoGP after Alex Crivillé, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Márquez and Joan Mir. He celebrated the championship with his partner Maria Monfortand his family, the same one who accompanied him from the first hour and whose efforts were worth reaching the maximum in speed motorcycling.
Next year he will leave Ducatibut will continue with another Italian brand, Aprilia. It remains to be seen if he will continue running with his number 89 or paint the emblematic 1 that identifies the champions. From March 14 to 16, 2025 he will compete in Río Hondo Hot Springs in it Grand Prix of the Argentine Republic.
He fully embraced his nickname and even wears a Terminator mask to celebrate. He emulated in some way that character from Arnold Schwarzeneggerwho being a robot had to fulfill his missions no matter what. Martinatorin reference to those iconic films, is the “prototype” of the pilot who overcame pain and may be full of screws as his brother joked. Jorge Martin He also fulfilled his mission and told the rest of his rivals “see you, Baby.”
