Sepang MotoGP Test: Espargaro: I hit the wall at over 250km/h

Pol Espargaro was forced to sit out the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test afte🔯r a big accident on Monday.

The KTM rider lost control of his RC16 under bra💙ꦿking for Turn 4, the bike then spearing sideways off the track and into the wall.

"Honestly I feel lucky," said the Spaniard. "I had a big locking on the straight, just when I tou൩ched the brake and went into the outside wall.

Espargaro: I hit the wall at over 250km/h

Pol Espargaro was forced to sit out the final day🦄 of the Sepang MotoGP test after a big accident on Monday.

The KTM rider lost control of his RC16 under braking for Turn ▨4, the bike then spea♚ring sideways off the track and into the wall.

"Honestly I🙈 feel lucky," said the Spaniard. "I had a big locking on the straight, just when I touched the brake and went into the outside wall.

"It was really close, I hit it around more than 25𒉰0km/h and nothing really big happened - no broken bones, just pain everywhere especially in my feet because I did many flips, front a꧑nd the back.

"🌸But even if I cannot ride today, I'm lucky t🍸o be here and to be watching with the team."

The Spaniard's main injury was to his ankles, which will be further checked♌ on his return to Europe.

"I make some X-rays here at the track and also in Kuala Lumpur. There is nothing bꦍroken but I don't know how the lꦇigaments are. That worries me a little bit more because I feel pain on the movement.

"Right now the ankles are still🗹 quite swollen. We'll see how I feel when I arrive in Barcelona and make a resonance scan to check everyt﷽hing and be clear."

Espargaro's plac๊e for tﷺhe final day was taken by test rider Mika Kallio.

"For sure I don’t like t🃏hat I cannot test all the things that were ready for the bike but anyway I think KTM did a good test with Mika, who was already here and ready to ride.

"He is riding with my bike, testing my things and I𝓡 trust him 100%. Honestly I feel lucky because I'm not badly hurt and I have good guys in my pit box working with my bikes and checking what I couldn't. I'm grateful to them."

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