In the grand scheme of everything going on in the world right now, the question of whether to allow the injured Jorge Martin to try out his MotoGP Aprilia before attempting to race it is a strikingly piffling issue.
But sport – and motorsport in particular – can be a funny little bubble in which piffling things can get out of hand. Letting Martin do a day’s private running in a championship governed by strict testing restrictions would require changing the rules. A change that would, at this point in time, benefit nobody but Martin.
