Enea Bastianini

In the first-ever sprint race in Portimao, new factory Ducatiꦫ ridꦬer was sent flying in a crash involving Luca Marini.

A broken shoulder blade did not need surgery, but it has rꦗuined Enea Bastianini’s season so fa☂r.

He aborted a comebacღk in Spain after the pain feꦕlt during Friday practice was too much to overcome.

Purtroppo ho una fra🦄ttura alla scapola, ma la cosa bella sarà tornare in pista più forte di prima!

— Enea Bastianini (@Bestia23)

The injury meant Bastianini missed four grands prix, three total round🐼s, and꧂ has completed just two out of eight Sunday races this year.

Pol Espargaro

The veteran has yet to appear in a Saturday or a Sunday race in 202♔3 af👍ter major injuries sustained in the first Friday of the year.

Pol Esparga꧒ro had a bro🌊ken jaw, back injuries and lung issues.

His jaw was fractured in two places and was shut for four weeks, leavingꦬ him unable to eat afterwa🔴rds.

🃏“I had eight fractures in my body, two in my ribs, one in my nꦇeck, three in my back,” he said.

Espargaro lost a lot of weight through his hellacious recovery which i🌠s ong♑oing.

Aleix Espargaro

The Ap🏅rilia rider was reduced to tears in his box due to the pain from a freak cycling accident.

Aleix Espargaro “dest𒐪royed” his heel and also injured his back and arm when he fell off his bicycle, because he was using his mobile phone, the day before the Italian MotoGP.

He described being in “crazy pain”, and was visibly hobblin🃏g, throughout the weekend.

Marc Marquez

The Repsol Honda rider came through career-threatening arm surgery a year ago butඣ, on the first weekend of 20♚23, sustained a new injury.

A crash into Miguel Oliveira resulted in a broken thu𒀰mb, requiring screws to be inserted to heal it, and causing hiꩵm to miss three rounds.

A number of falls did no harm until a nightmare weekend at the Sachsenring, where he crashed five times and was forced to withdraw from the grand prix with a fracture to his fing🅷er. He was also feeling the effects of several bruises after a punishing weekend.

A week later he “aggravated” those injuries at Assen, again withdrawing from 🍃Sunday’s race. He also had a painful rib injury, it emerged.

Miguel Oliveira

The RNF🙈 Aprilia rider has certainly been unfortunate this year. His season has been largely d♎ecimated by physical punishment.

Miguel Oliveira escaped a major injury when Marc Marquez smashed into him in Portimao, but he did sustain a leg injury an🌃d missed a round.

He then suffered a dis♛located and fractured shouldeওr, plus ligament damage, when he was wiped out by Fabio Quartararo in Spain.

Joan Mir

The Repsol Honda rider has been sidᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤♓⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚelined from the past six races, including sprints, due to a “a small bone infraction” on the little finger of his right hand. It was suffered when crashing during practice at Mugello.

𒀰Previously, he missed the Argentina MotoGP after crashi♒ng a day earlier in the sprint.

Mir avoided a serious an🌌kle injury but “significant discomfort and pain after the heavy impact” forced him to miss the gra🐼nd prix.

Alex Rins

16 days and 2 surgeries later we are going home!
Those images explain the magnitude of crash and the amazing work of the doctors. It’s been hard but I will get back stronger fisically and mentally Thank you everybody for your messages and for taking care of me!

— Alex Rins (@Rins42)

A big fall in ♛the sprint race at Mugello caused Alex Rins to bre🐬ak his leg.

He required two surgeries to “his🅠 tibia and fibula immobilised throu♋gh an external fixator”.

Rins has missed two rounds and faces a race against time to be fit fꦅo🌜r Silverstone on August 6.

Fabio Quartararo

He needed surgery on a fractured big toe which was bizarrely injured in a jogging ac𓆉cident. Two days later at the Dutch MotoGP, he hurt an elbow in a crash involving Johann Zarco. Quartararo needed painkillers to get thrꦚough the Assen weekend.

Francesco Bagnaia

A collision with Maverick Vinales at Le Mans resulted in a small fracture to Francesco Bagnaia’s ankle. Fortunately the factory Ducati rider did not need to skip the Italian MotoG♈P - he arrived on crutches, but days later duly won the grand prix.

Alex Marquez

A collision with Jorge Martin at COTA left Alex Marquez with a ruptured quadricep and a damaged ligamen🤪t in his leg.

“My leg was tr⭕apped between both bikes,” Marquez said althouℱgh it didn’t cause him to skip a round.

A bout of food poisoning also caused Marquez to🌠 vomit into his helmet in Texas.

A crash with Luca Marini at Le Mans was also a scary moment for Marq🐼uez ꦡbut he again escaped unharmed.

Fabio di Giannantonio

The Gresini rider became the first casualty of♕ 2023 even before the racing had started.

In the Portimao test he suffered a concussion after crashing,♋ stirring up a debate about the gravel traps at the circuit.

“Every year we complain about the gravel because they are like really big rocks and when you hit them it’s more painful than wh💝en you hit the asphalt,” he said.

Johann Zarco

One of the scariest moments of the season so far was when Zarco’s Ducati was torn in half by Marc Marquez’s flying bike. Th♍e point of impact thankfully missed Zarco🎶’s leg, and he was unhurt.

A crash with Fabio Quartararo at Assen resul🤪ted in a painful finger for Zarco.

Jorge Martin

The Pramac Racing rider was furious at Portimao when Marc Marquez clattered into hiওm, leaving him with a broken toe and 🍌an ankle injury.

“It’s not the first time he has destroyed my race🍌,” Jorge Martin fumed.

Martin later🍸 entered the COTA weekend “fe💞eling weak” due to illness.

Luca Marini

The Mooney VR46 rider was involved in a big smash with Ale🧸x Marquez at Le Mans, which cost him an 🔯injured wrist. 

That problem was diagnos🌳ed as a fracture, but Marini battled o🅰n without skipping a round until discovering additional ligament and tendon damage.

Raul Fernandez

After ☂arm pump surgery, the RNF Aprilia rider attempted a⛦ swift return at Le Mans but was soon forced to pull out.

Augusto Fernandez

A terrifying 😼crash in practice at Mugello was a scare but Augusto Fernandez walked away unharmed.

Takaaki Nakagami

The only one of four Honda riders to compete at Assen, with his three colleagues all injured.♍ But Nakagami has had a major scare himself this season.

He required an x-ray after the hand which was operated on twice last season became stuck betwee🙈n the handlebars as he experienced a big crash in Germany. Nakagami emerged unscathed.

Joan Mir's manager Pac𝓡o Sanchez to𓃲ld : "This format is crushing the drivers physically and psychologically.

"I can tell you about Pol, Oliveira or Bastianini, who do not drive Honda, and have been or are at home due 🔴to injury, due to stress and the new formula, which makes the riders from minute one are under tremendous pressure.

ꩲ"ﷺThe statistics are there. It is not a thought but a reality.

"I've never 🎃seen a championship with the leveℱl of injuries I'm seeing this year.

"♉Put together the format of the championship, the number of crashes and that the Honda is a critical bike and the result is a catastrophe for us."