Jorge Martín

Jorge Martín Almoguera (born 29 January 1998), nicknamed the Martinator, is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer riding for Prima Pramac Racing.^[1] In 2021 Martín moved up to the premier class with Pramac Racing, and won the 2021 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix, as well as securing three pole positions in his first seven entries, four total in his rookie campaign.^[2] He is best known for winning the 2018 Moto3 World Championship with Gresini Racing,^[3] and was also the 2014 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion.^[4]

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Career

Moto3 World Championship

Mapfre Team Mahindra (2015)

In 2015, Martín made his full-time Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with Mapfre Team Mahindra, riding a Mahindra alongside Francesco Bagnaia and Juanfran Guevara. His best result was a 7th place in Aragon, and managed to score 45 points in his rookie season.

Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (2016)

Martín remained with the same team for the 2016 Moto3 World Championship. His first-ever Grand Prix podium came in the rain-affected Czech Grand Prix, where he finished second. He closed the season 16th in the standings, scoring 72 points.

Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (2017–2018)

In 2017 Martín moved to the Del Conca Gresini Racing team. His teammate was Fabio Di Giannantonio. He started the season red hot, finishing on the podium the first three races, two third places in Qatar and Argentina, and a second place in the USA. In the middle of the year, Martín grabbed three more 3rd places in Barcelona, Asturia, and Silverstone, before finishing the season as he started it. In the three last races, he finished third in Australia, second in Malaysia, and achieved his first victory of the category in the last race at Valencia. Martín had nine pole positions throughout the year (Qatar, France, Italy, Barcelona, Holland, Aragon, Australia, and Valencia), gaining the reputation for being one of the fastest qualifiers in the MotoGP paddock. Martín ended the season in 4th place with 196 points, despite being forced to miss the Czech Grand Prix at Brno circuit, due to an injury sustained in the previous round.

In 2018, Martín became the world champion in the Moto3 class.^[3] He had seven wins (Qatar, America, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Aragon, and Malaysia), two second places in San Marino and Valencia, a third place in Austria, and continued his brilliant Saturday performances, with eleven pole positions. He earned 260 championship points, 42 more than teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio, who finished runner-up in the championship. Oddly enough, Martín was again forced to miss the Czech Grand Prix, due to a fracture of the left radius, remedied in free practice.

Moto2 World Championship

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2019–2020)

As champion, Martín moved up a category for the 2019 Moto2 World Championship, riding for the Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport team. He collected a third place in Japan, and a second place in Australia, ending the season in 11th place with 94 points.

2020

In 2020 Martín remained with the Ajo outfit, but the team switched to riding a Kalex. He started the season well, getting pole position and third place in Jerez. He then won his first Moto2 race in the Austrian Grand Prix, before finishing in second place in the next weekend's Styrian Grand Prix. On the 10th of September 2020, he announced that he was positive to covid-19, which forced him to skip the two following rounds in Rimini and Misano. Martín recovered well, and ended the season with a third place in Aragón, a second place in the first Valencian race, and a victory in the second race in Valencia. He ended the season with six podiums, evenly distributed 2-2-2 each for every step of the podium, one pole position, and 160 points, enough for 5th in the championship standings.

MotoGP World Championship

Pramac Racing (2021–present)

2021

Martín joined the premier class with Pramac Racing Ducati, alongside Johann Zarco who moved from Esponsorama, for the 2021 season. Martín started with finishing 15th in his first race of the premier class, then scored a pole position in the second round of the year in Qatar, finishing the race in 3rd place, and scoring his first MotoGP podium. Unfortunately he had a serious accident during the practice before the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, and was forced to miss the Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian races, being replaced for the first two rounds by Tito Rabat, and the latter two by Michele Pirro. Martín was originally meant to return for the Italian Grand Prix, but due to advise by doctors he forwent the race. He made a full return in the Catalan Grand Prix, finishing 14th, before a 12th place finish at the German Grand Prix, and a retirement at the Dutch GP, after he was having physical issues with his biceps and also having tendinitis. At the Styrian GP, Martín took his second pole position, and following a red flag incident, he took his maiden MotoGP win in the re-started race. With this victory, he earned Pramac Racing’s first ever MotoGP victory, and became just the third rider in the modern 1000cc era, to win a race in his rookie season, after Marc Márquez in 2013, and Brad Binder in 2020. The very next weekend, he grabbed his third pole position of the season in Austria, and his third podium too, finishing the race in third. In the season closer at Valencia, Martín scored his fourth pole position, and his fourth podium, finishing the race in second place. When on pole position, he never finished off the podium, collecting 111 points, enough for 9th in the championship, and won rookie of the year by 9 points over Enea Bastianini.

2022

Martín and Zarco remained with Pramac Racing for the 2022 MotoGP season.^[5] At the 2022 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Martín took pole, and broke the all-time lap at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.^[6]

2023

Pramac Racing retained Martín and Zarco for the 2023 MotoGP World Championship.^[7]

Over the early and middle phases of the season, Martín established himself as a firm championship contender, along with world champion Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi after wins in Germany and San Marino. Said championship challenge was strengthened by championship leader Bagnaia's crash at the Indian Grand Prix, after which Martín only trailed the championship lead by 13 points. Martín briefly took the championship lead after the sprint race at the Indonesian Grand Prix, but the lead was ceded back to Bagnaia after he crashed out of the lead of the main race, which was eventually won by Bagnaia. For the rest of the season, Martín remained a challenger for the championship until the final round, and his crash in the main race at the Valencian Community Grand Prix officially ended his championship challenge. Ultimately, Martín finished 39 points behind Bagnaia, placing him a personal-best 2nd in the riders' championship.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos	Pts
2012	SPA1 Ret	SPA2 12	POR1 12	POR2 6	GBR1 6	GBR2 11	NED1 10	NED2 6	GER1 19	GER2 8	CZE1 6	CZE2 Ret	RSM	ARA1 7	ARA2 10	12th	82
2013	AME1 7	AME2 6	JER1 1	JER2 4	ASS1 2	ASS2 3	SAC1 1	SAC2 Ret	BRN 3	SIL1 Ret	SIL2 12	MIS 9	ARA1 7	ARA2 7		2nd	163
2014	JER1 2	JER2 3	MUG 1	ASS1 2	ASS2 2	SAC1 12	SAC2 1	BRN1 1	BRN2 Ret	SIL1 1	SIL2 1	MIS 5	ARA1 4	ARA2 1		1st	254

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2014	Mahindra	JER1	JER2	LMS	ARA	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 15	ALB Ret	NAV	ALG	VAL1	VAL1	34th	1

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	Mapfre Team Mahindra	18	0	0	0	0	45	17th	–
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team	16	0	1	0	0	72	16th	–
2017	Moto3	Honda	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	16	1	9	9	2	196	4th	–
2018	Moto3	Honda	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	17	7	10	11	3	260	1st	1
2019	Moto2	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	19	0	2	0	1	94	11th	–
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	13	2	6	1	2	160	5th	–
2021	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	14	1	4	4	0	111	9th	–
2022	MotoGP	Ducati	Pramac Racing	20	0	4	5	2	152	9th	–
2023	MotoGP	Ducati	Prima Pramac Racing	20	4	8	4	2	428	2nd	–
2024	MotoGP	Ducati	Prima Pramac Racing	2	1	2	1	0	60	1st	-
Total				155	16	46	35	12	1578		1

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–2018	2015 Qatar	2016 Czech Republic	2017 Valencia	67	8	20	20	5	573	1
Moto2	2019–2020	2019 Qatar	2019 Japan	2020 Austria	32	2	8	1	3	254	0
MotoGP	2021–present	2021 Qatar	2021 Doha	2021 Styria	56	6	18	14	4	751	0
Total	2015–present				155	16	46	35	12	1578	1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 15	AME Ret	ARG 22	SPA 14	FRA Ret	ITA 17	CAT 11	NED 18	GER 12	INP 10	CZE 11	GBR Ret	RSM 15	ARA 7	JPN 11	AUS 15	MAL 12	VAL 14				17th	45
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT Ret	ARG 8	AME Ret	SPA Ret	FRA 18	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED WD	GER Ret	AUT 6	CZE 2	GBR 10	RSM DNS	ARA 6	JPN Ret	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL 10				16th	72
2017	Moto3	Honda	QAT 3	ARG 3	AME 2	SPA 9	FRA Ret	ITA 15	CAT 3	NED 4	GER DNS	CZE DNS	AUT 3	GBR 3	RSM Ret	ARA 4	JPN 15	AUS 3	MAL 2	VAL 1				4th	196
2018	Moto3	Honda	QAT 1	ARG 11	AME 1	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 1	CAT Ret	NED 1	GER 1	CZE DNS	AUT 3	GBR C	RSM 2	ARA 1	THA 4	JPN Ret	AUS 5	MAL 1	VAL 2			1st	260
2019	Moto2	KTM	QAT 15	ARG Ret	AME 15	SPA Ret	FRA 20	ITA 16	CAT 15	NED Ret	GER 9	CZE 13	AUT 7	GBR 12	RSM 12	ARA 9	THA 6	JPN 3	AUS 2	MAL Ret	VAL 5			11th	94
2020	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 20	SPA 3	ANC 6	CZE 8	AUT 1	STY 2	RSM	EMI	CAT Ret	FRA Ret	ARA 3	TER 6	EUR 2	VAL 1	POR 6							5th	160
2021	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 15	DOH 3	POR DNS	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 14	GER 12	NED Ret	STY 1	AUT 3	GBR Ret	ARA 9	RSM Ret	AME 5	EMI Ret	ALR 7	VAL 2				9th	111
2022	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	INA Ret	ARG 2	AME 8	POR Ret	SPA 22	FRA Ret	ITA 13	CAT 2	GER 6	NED 7	GBR 5	AUT 10	RSM 9	ARA 6	JPN 3	THA 9	AUS 7	MAL Ret	VAL 3		9th	152
2023	MotoGP	Ducati	POR Ret²	ARG 5⁸	AME Ret³	SPA 4⁴	FRA 2¹	ITA 2³	GER 1¹	NED 5⁶	GBR 6⁶	AUT 7³	CAT 3⁵	RSM 1¹	IND 2¹	JPN 1¹	INA Ret¹	AUS 5	THA 1¹	MAL 4²	QAT 10¹	VAL Ret¹		2nd	428
2024	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 3¹	POR 1³	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	KAZ	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	1st*	60*

References

^ "Rookie Martin gives Pramac Ducati brilliant first MotoGP win". August 8, 2021.
^ "Martin streaks to fourth MotoGP pole of 2021 at Valencia". November 13, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sports, Dorna. "Martin crowned 2018 Moto3™ World Champion". www.motogp.com.
^ "Jorge Martin is Red Bull Rookies Cup Champion 2014 - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com.
^ "Johann Zarco, Jorge Martin stay at Pramac Ducati for MotoGP 2022". crash.net. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ Duncan, Lewis (15 October 2022). "Australia MotoGP: Martin storms to pole with record lap". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Martin and Zarco confirmed as Prima Pramac riders for 2023". motogp.com. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jorge Martín.

Jorge Martín at MotoGP.com
Jorge Martín at AS.com (in Spanish)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Karel Hanika	Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion 2014	Succeeded by Bo Bendsneyder

MotoGP teams

Teams and riders that compete in the 2024 MotoGP World Championship

Aprilia Racing	Ducati Lenovo Team	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	Gresini Racing MotoGP	LCR Honda	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP
12 Maverick Viñales 41 Aleix Espargaró	1 Francesco Bagnaia 23 Enea Bastianini	31 Pedro Acosta 37 Augusto Fernández	73 Álex Márquez 93 Marc Márquez	5 Johann Zarco 30 Takaaki Nakagami	20 Fabio Quartararo 42 Álex Rins

Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Prima Pramac Racing	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Repsol Honda Team	Trackhouse Racing
49 Fabio Di Giannantonio 72 Marco Bezzecchi	21 Franco Morbidelli 89 Jorge Martín	33 Brad Binder 43 Jack Miller	10 Luca Marini 36 Joan Mir	25 Raúl Fernández 88 Miguel Oliveira

v t e Pramac Racing
MotoGP	Prima Pramac Racing Franco Morbidelli (21) Jorge Martín (89)
MotoE	Octo Pramac MotoE Luca Salvadori (23) Tito Rabat (53)
Grand Prix motorcycles	Ducati Desmosedici GP24 (MotoGP) Ducati V21L (MotoE)