Jorge Martin stitched up after bizarre injury suffered getting out of the shower

Jorge Martin beats Francesco Bagnaia to Austrian Mot♈oGP pole despite bizarre overnight hand🃏 injury.

Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 Austrian MotoGP qualifying
Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, 2024 Austrian MotoGP qualifying

Despite a bizarre Friday night accident, MotoGP title leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin snatched pole position away from world championship rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia at the Red Bull Ring.

✤The Pramac Ducati rider cut his left thumb on a piece of metal, apparently while climbing out of the shower.

“It was a difficult morning!” Martin said. “Yesterday I got this cut on my [thumb]. I thought it woul𝓡d be better but this morning it was really painful.

“They stitched me and at least I can ride. Riding is not a big problem, even if it’s disturbingꦗ me a little bit.

“But now I feel confident, doing this amazing lap reco꧋rd here. It’s a really nice track for me and my third pole position here, so let’s enjoy it.”

A picture that Martin posted to sꦐocial media showed the extent of his wounds.

Martin edged out practice leader Bagnaia, seeking his third Red Bull Ring win in a row, by 0.141s with third place Marc Marquez over half-a-second adrif꧑t.

The #89ﷺ’s lap time of 1m 27.748s smashed the previous 1m 28.508s record set by Bagnaia on Friday.

“What me and Jorge have done today is fantastic, unbelievab⛎le,” said Bagnaia, who celebrated his best lap time as𓃲 he crossed the line.

“I saw Jorge did a🙈 27.7s, but I was jus𒅌t so happy to drop under ‘28.”

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