Luca Marini seriously injured: drama at the MotoGP test in Suzuka!

Luca Marini seriously injured: drama at the MotoGP test in Suzuka!

The MotoGP driver Luca Marini is in the hospital after a serious accident during the test drives for the 8-hour race in Suzuka. Like Laola1 , Marini sometimes suffered serious injuries. After a successful first day of the test, the Honda driver fell on the second day and was immediately taken care of.

The press release describes the violations of Marini as serious. The symptoms suffered include a mutual left hip, damage to the ligaments in the left knee as well as breasts in the sternum and left collarbone. A pneumothorax, an abnormal air collection in the chest area, was also diagnosed. So far, no information is known about the exact circumstances of the accident.

Current stood in the World Cup ranking

The current MotoGP season 2023 is considered the most injuring in the history of sport. After only 14 out of 20 racing weekends, there were already 41 failures from regular drivers, which is already a new record for most injury -related failures. These numbers exceed the previous maximum values, and if you look at the list of drivers concerned, the extent of the situation becomes clear. Drivers such as Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, and Miguel Oliveira are also affected, although four regular drivers, including Marini, cannot compete in the Japan GP, ​​such as Motorsport Magazin reported.

injury statistics

The records of the injuries in the season so far show that the MotoGP was particularly hard this year. The number of failures is remarkably high in every race:

With six outstanding Grand Prix until the end of November and a revised weekend format, which increases the pressure on the drivers, the 2023 MotoGP season is faced with a number of challenges. The introduction of sprints has increased the number of total starts and could be another factor for the high injury rate.