Martin's Wild Celebration, Injury Fears

0:00It's March 29th. This is F1 News Today, powered by AI, your team, your update. Jorge Martin just snagged his first win since his title run last year, taking the United States Grand Prix sprint on his Aurelia in Austin. But right after crossing the line, he went for a wild wheelie on the in-lap to celebrate with the crowd, lost control in fourth gear, and wiped out on the back straight. Lucky for him, the 28-year-old walked away without a scratch and headed back to the paddock. Earlier this week, Martin started seventh on the grid, way off pole by over half a second. He climbed to second early, got passed by teammate Marco Bazeki, but stuck with the tougher medium rear tire that paid off big. When Bazeki crashed with three laps left, Martin hunted down leader Francesco Bagnaya and dove inside at turn 12 for the victory, his first in, over 500 days. Fans saw Martin with his head in his hands after the crash, owning it like he knew it was coming from pushing too hard on the wheelie.

1:00He's not alone, either. Fabio de Gan Antonio broke his collarbone, doing the same stunt in Preseason testing back in Sampang. Still, the team was buzzing from the win, even if it meant extra work. Coming off a rough 2025 season full of injuries after switching from Pramak Ducati to factory of Prilia, Martin had two surgeries over. Winter, just to get back on track. He opened up about feeling totally disconnected from MotoGP last year. Not even wanting to return, but credits of Prilia for pulling him through. Now he's dealing with some inflammation in his left hand from giving it everything, but he's fired up and prepping for the main race tomorrow, showing that comeback fire is real.