Data from Jorge Martin's Portimao horror crash

Alpinestars has provided data from the Spaniard's crash at the Grand Prix of Portugal, with impact from the crash reaching 25G

Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin is now on the road to recovery after undergoing three separate surgeries in Barcelona. The MotoGP™ rookie suffered multiple fractures during FP3 at the Grand Prix of Portugal after folding the front-end of his Ducati on the run down to Turn 7. What followed was a number of vicious barrel rolls through the gravel trap, with data from Alpinestars now revealing the true force of the crash.

In total, Martin's crash lasted a painful 5.2 seconds from first deployment of the Alpinestars airbag to the former Moto3™ World Champion coming to a stop in the gravel trap. It makes it one of the longest crashes in recent memory, with Marc Marquez's (Repsol Honda Team) crash at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020 lasting 3.5 seconds by comparison.

What makes Martin's crash one of the nastiest we've seen in some time is the repeated impacts of over 20G he suffered. In total, Martin suffered seven different spikes of impact recorded at over 20G with the heaviest impact being recorded at over 26G. Again, by comparison, the largest force recorded by Alpinestars was 29.9G in Loris Baz's crash at Sepang Test in 2016. The largest in recent years was Marquez's highside during Q2 at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2019, with 26.27G recorded on that day.

Jorge Martin Crash FP3_POR_2021

But to have felt four separate blows of 25G in the space of three seconds, Martin's crash at the Grand Prix of Portugal goes down as one of the nastiest in recent memory. The Pramac Ducati man looks set to be on the sidelines for the next two rounds, but without Alpinestars' airbag system there's no doubting it could have been much worse for the Spaniard.

Take a full look at the crash in photos below:

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, ©Paulo Maria/Autoclube ACP
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, ©Paulo Maria/Autoclube ACP
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, ©Paulo Maria/Autoclube ACP
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, ©Paulo Maria/Autoclube ACP
Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing, Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal, ©Paulo Maria/Autoclube ACP
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