Martín will use the Sprint to decide whether he needs surgery on Monday

Jorge Martín goes into Austria with a medical question directly tied to the championship. After arm pump dropped him from the lead to fifth at Misano, he underwent further checks this week. Rest has reduced the pain, but he does not yet know whether the loss of feeling will return once his arm is under MotoGP-level load.\n\nMartín plans to use Friday’s sessions and especially Saturday’s Sprint as the test. If the symptoms return, surgery could be decided quickly, potentially as early as Monday. Level with Marc Márquez on 274 points, Spielberg is therefore about more than this weekend’s result: he must find out whether his arm can handle the final part of the season without an operation.