Extremely bad accident at Assen, the consequences for the rider are serious. Impressive images after the start
After a long break lasting almost a month, the MotoGP returned to the track in Holland for the eighth Grand Prix of the season. Bagnaia, Martin, Marquez and all the others put on their leathers again after a complex period, away from the track, characterized by the dynamics of the rider market which saw the two Spaniards announce the change of team for the next seasons (to Aprilia and Ducati respectively ), followed closely by other colleagues.
He triumphed in Assen Pecco Bagnaia ahead of Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini. The Italian takes home his third consecutive victory and brings the gap in the standings from leader Martin to just ten points. But if Bagnaia and Martin ran away almost immediately, behind them the race was rather heated.
Protagonists Marc Marquez, Maverick Vinales and Fabio Di Giannantonio, a group which was then joined by Enea Bastianini, third in the final. Marquez finished in fourth place, only to then lose in tenth due to the 16-second penalty imposed on him due to incorrect tire pressure.
MotoGP, terrible accident at the start: injury for the rider
There were many falls during the Dutch weekend at the Assen circuit. First that of Maverick Vinales, then Marc Marquez who fell both during qualifying and during the Sprint Race. The most frightening was that of Alex RinsThe Spanish rider from the Yamaha team started from fifteenth position but his race was stopped almost immediately.
And violent highside he threw Rins into the air at the first corner, causing him to land heavily in the gravel. The Spaniard was in so much pain that he was forced to get help from the track staff. The diagnosis? Double fracture to right wristmade official after a visit to the medical center in Assen.
Rins will most likely miss the next GP, scheduled for the weekend of July 6-7 at the Sachsenring in Germany, the last one before the summer break of the MotoGP which will last until the first week of August, when racing will resume at Silverstone.
The crash at Assen is only the latest episode of an unsatisfactory season for Rins who, aboard his Yamaha, never went beyond twelfth place, gaining only eight points in the standings and collecting four retirements between the Sprint Race and the series races. Sunday.
