The reigning MotoGP champion lost control of his bike on turn two where a highside launched the 27-year-old into the air before he landed hard on the tarmac.

MotoGP season got underway today with the first test in Sepang, with more than a quarter of the grid crashing and three riders breaking bones. Meanwhile the race to catch Ducati

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin suffered hand and foot fractures during pre-season testing in Malaysia. After a highside crash, he was hospitalized for surgeries, threatening his title defense.

The MotoGP series said in a statement that Martín would undergo surgery in his home country of Spain later this week for the fractures, missing the rest of the three-day test, bu

Jorge Martin will miss the remainder of the Sepang MotoGP test after suffering multiple fractures in a crash on the opening day. The reigning MotoGP champion was making only his second appearance aboard the factory Aprilia RS-GP when he suffered a highside at Turn 2 shortly before midday in Malaysia.

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin has been taken to hospital after highsiding twice from his bike in the opening hours of pre-season testing in Sepang, Malaysia on Wednesday.

Sepang: MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been ruled out of the remaining pre-season testing in Malaysia and will undergo surgery in Europe after crashing badly on the opening day at the Sepang track.