MotoGP, Marco Bezzecchi: Another Big Scare—How Is He Doing After the Crash at 160 all’ora?

Two weeks after his crash at 200 kilometers per hour in Assen—which, fortunately, had no serious consequences—Marco Bezzecchi experienced another major scare during the decisive qualifying session for the German Grand Prix: just over ten minutes before the end of Q2, the rider from Romagna lost control of his Aprilia in Turn 7 at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, ending up in the gravel and rolling several times before coming to a stop, after being thrown from the bike.

Fortunately, “Bez” got back on his feet shortly afterward and was escorted by a marshal on a scooter back to the pit area. The rider, born in 1998, did not return to the track, however, watching the rest of qualifying from the pits and settling for seventh place overall. At the end of qualifying, Bezzecchi went to the medical center for an examination, complaining of persistent pain in his left wrist.

For the rider from Rimini—who had started the season with three consecutive Grand Prix wins and, later, a victory at Mugello—this is not a lucky streak: the last few race weekends have yielded just 13 points in the standings, thanks to a third-place finish in the Sprint race in Hungary and a fourth-place finish in the Sprint race at Assen. However, he retired from those respective Grand Prix races, while in the Czech Republic, after a crash in the Sprint race, he was also disqualified from the Grand Prix due to an altercation with a track marshal.