Jorge Martin elected to go under the knife on Monday in Madrid to solve a lingering problem with his left leg ahead of next month’s British Grand Prix.
The Pramac Ducati pilot revealed across his social media accounts on Monday that he would undergo an operation on the appendage in order to “solve a problem that had been chasing me for a while”, and while he didn’t go into specifics on the kind of problem he was suffering with, he previously fractured his left leg in a frightening crash at Portimao two years ago.
The Spaniard posted a couple of images of him in the hospital room with a cast on his leg, Martin keen to recover to 100% fitness as he looks to craft a sustained title challenge across the remaining 12 races of the season.
“Review in the operating room to solve a problem that had been chasing me for a while on the motorcycle,” wrote Martin on social media.
“Everything has gone well! Now it’s time to recover to reach 100% at Silverstone.”
The two-time premier class race winner put himself in early championship contention with a strong period of form leading up to the summer break – Martin having never finished lower than fifth across the last five grand prix events including a hard-fought win at the Sachsenring as well as two sprint victories in Germany and at Le Mans.
He currently sits second in the overall rider’s standings ahead of the British GP in a month’s time, though a relatively sub-par Dutch TT relative to series leader Francesco Bagnaia saw him slip to 35 points adrift of the Italian heading into the break.
