Martin taken to hospital after huge crash in Sepang MotoGP test

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martín suffered a horror crash simply two hours into the the Sepang MotoGP take a look at on Wednesday, forcing medical companies to take him to a close-by hospital.

At round ten minutes to 12 in Malaysia, the Spaniard was approaching the doorway to Sepang’s second nook, a good left-hand flip, when his Aprilia RS-GP threw him out violently, sending him spinning within the air horizontally earlier than crashing on to the tarmac. Within the footage, it may be seen that he hit the tarmac arduous along with his head.

Martin was initially taken to the circuit’s medical centre, the place he underwent preliminary checks. He remained aware always, however complained of extreme ache in his left foot and proper hand.

After early examination, the docs determined to maneuver him by ambulance to the Aurelius hospital in Nilai, a city six kilometres from the circuit.

On the time of the accident, Martin had solely accomplished 5 flying laps and was final on the timesheets.

As soon as the precise extent of any potential accidents is understood, it will likely be potential to evaluate whether or not he’ll be capable of return to the monitor in Sepang within the subsequent two days.

On this respect it’s price taking into consideration that the MotoGP fraternity is scheduled to journey to Thailand from Friday for the championship’s launch occasion in Bangkok on Sunday.

The riders will then head to Buriram, the place the pre-season will conclude with the ultimate two days of testing (12 and 13 February).

The incident at Flip 2 was Martin’s second of the day. The previous Pramac Ducati rider had already suffered a crash shorty after the beginning of the session, at Flip 1, however on that occassion he was in a position to return to the storage with none points to leap on the second RS-GP.

Having received final season’s world champion, through which he grew to become the primary rider to win a premier class title with an impartial crew because the days of Valentino Rossi, Martín is now main Aprilia’s manufacturing facility programme in MotoGP.

He acquired his first style of the RS-GP in Barcelona in November and the Sepang take a look at was solely his second outing with the bike.

In the meantime, Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez had a crash of his personal within the opening morning of the take a look at.

An announcement launched from the crew famous that “Raul has suffered a fractured metacarpal bone in his left hand. We’re at the moment evaluating additional therapy.”