Jorge Martin has been taken to the medical centre in an ambulance after registering his sixth crash of the weekend within the Barcelona check.
An hour and a half into the official MotoGP check on the Circuit de Catalunya on Monday morning, a crimson flag appeared on the timing screens, sending all of the riders again to the pits.
The reason for the interruption was Martin, who had suffered a heavy fall at Flip 7. The photographers current within the space confirmed that the rider was aware and testing the motion of his limbs. However, medical personnel positioned a neck brace on Martin earlier than loading him into an ambulance.
At 11:38am, the rider arrived on the medical centre, the place the blinds had been closed, stopping anybody from seeing him get out of the ambulance.
Members of Martín’s crew and employees, ready for the rider on the medical heart
Picture by: GGC
For Martin, Monday’s crash was his sixth of the weekend. The rider began the Catalan GP with a really heavy impression in FP1, struggling a slight concussion from which he shortly recovered. Nonetheless, he crashed once more in Friday’s follow session. On Saturday, he flew by way of Q1 on his Aprilia, however the bike was out of fee for Q2. Within the Dash race, the Madrid native crashed once more, bringing his complete to 4 crashes.
In Sunday’s race, after avoiding the hazards of the primary two begins, the Aprilia rider was hit by Trackhouse rider Fernandez, struggling his fifth crash of the weekend.
Simply when it appeared issues could not get any worse, Martin crashed once more on Monday and needed to return to the medical centre. There, members of the Aprilia crew assured Motorsport.com that the rider was “aware and calm,” that the toughest hit had been “on his elbow” (with out specifying which one), and that they had been taking X-rays and conducting exams to find out if there was any additional injury.
Aprilia later issued an announcement, revealing that he shall be taken to a hospital for additional exams.
“Following the crash at Flip 7, Jorge Martin was taken to the circuit’s medical centre for checks, primarily to his left elbow and proper leg,” it stated. “Examinations carried out on the circuit’s medical centre revealed no seen fractures, however it was determined to take Martin to the Dexeus College Hospital in Barcelona for additional exams.”
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