The new MotoGP season starts with a terrible crash

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It’s every motorcycle racer’s nightmare scenario: being badly hit by your own bike after a fall. But in the new MotoGP season, this disaster comes on the very first day.

Spaniard Pol Espargaró (31) crashes into the gravel trap at high speed in the second free practice session of the GP Portugal before crashing into the gang and then being hit by his own bike. The training will be stopped immediately.

Espargaró remains motionless and is treated for a long time at the scene of the fall. The Spaniard will then be taken to circuit hospital and then flown to Faro hospital for further testing.

Woman accompanies Espargaro in the helicopter

His racing team from the motorcycle manufacturer GasGas was the first to get everything clear that the former Moto2 world champion was always conscious and that there was no danger to life.

According to “speedweek.com”, his wife Carlota Espargaró tearfully left the Medical Center at the Portimão circuit and then accompanied the fallen MotoGP rider in a helicopter.

In the early evening there will be more detailed information from the race management. Espargaro suffered polytrauma to his back in the area of ​​the lumbar spine and sacrum, but is in good neurological condition. The Catalan can move his legs and arms.

The first GP of the season on Sunday (3pm, live SRF2) and of course the first MotoGP sprint race on Saturday will certainly take place without Espargaró. His brother Aleix, on the other hand, is there: “It was difficult for me to get back on track after the accident. But that’s our job.”

Source : Blick