Jorge Martin arrived in Kuala Lumpur with a fractured wrist. (EPA Images pic)SEPANG: Jorge Martin's world championship title hopes took a big hit Saturday when he was ruled out of the rest of the Malaysian MotoGP with a broken wrist.

The Spaniard arrived in Kuala Lumpur with a fracture from last weekend's Australian Grand Prix sprint race.

The Aprilia rider came through unscathed at Friday's first practice session at Sepang but then only managed a limited number of laps in the afternoon and on Saturday morning.

He did not come out for qualifying and Aprilia said in a statement: "Jorge Martin will withdraw from the remainder of the Malaysian GP to continue his recovery from injury."