Aleix Espargaro Hospitalised After Crash in Sepang MotoGP Test
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Aleix Espargaro, who is working with the Honda team as a test rider, fell during a private test in Sepang and broke four vertebrae.
Aleix Espargaró has suffered a major accident during a day of testing with Honda on the Sepang circuit. Granollers’s has revealed the news on his social networks, where he reports that four vertebrae have been fractured. After the accident, Honda’s test driver was admitted to the hospital to be treated for emergency care. Luckily, the fractures did not affect the spinal cord. “On Tuesday, during the test here in Sepang, I suffered a strong accid…
The Honda test driver suffered several contusions and rupture of several vertebrae during the private MotoGP tests.
Aleix Espargaró was conducting tests with Honda in Sepang, Malaysia, this Tuesday. The Spaniard fell heavily and spent several days at the hospital after having broken four vertebrae.
Aleix Espargaro ‘thankful’ to avoid spinal cord injury in recent MotoGP crash
Aleix Espargaro has suffered fractures to four vertebrae in a MotoGP testing crash at Sepang. Espargaro was testing at Sepang for HRC along with Takaaki Nakagami. Last year, Espargaro confirmed to media that he would be continuing development on the 1,000cc Honda MotoGP bike in the early part of 2026, while Nakagami would focus on the 850cc bike that will be used from 2027. Espargaro crashed on Tuesday, sustaining contusions and fractures to his…
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