Enea Bastianini

In the firওst-ever sprint race in Pꦚortimao, new factory Ducati rider was sent flying in a crash involving Luca Marini.

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

He abor🔯ted a comeback in Spain after the pain felt during Friday practice was too much to overcome.

Purtroppo ho un𒁃a frattura alla scapꦍola, 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 rounds, and has completed just two out of eight Sunday races th꧂is year.

Pol Espargaro

The veteran has yet to appear in a Saturday or a Sunday race in 202ꦡ3 after major injuries sustaineไd in the first Friday of the year.

Pol Espargaro had a brok🎃en jaw, back injuries and lu🍌ng issues.

His jaw was fractured in two places and was shut for four we൩eks, leaving him unable to e🏅at afterwards.

“I had eight fractures in my body, two in my ribs, o🎀ne in my neck, three in🐟 my back,” he said.

Espargaro lost a lot of weight through his hellacious recovery which i🌃s ongoing.

Aleix Espargaro

The Aprilia rider was reduced to tears in his box due to the pain from a freak cycling ൲accident.

Aleix Espargaro 🎐“destroyed” his heel and also injured his back and arm when he fel♔l off his bicycle, because he was using his mobile phone, the day before the Italian MotoGP.

He💙 described being in “crazy pa🎀in”, and was visibly hobbling, throughout the weekend.

Marc Marquez

The Repsol Honda rider came through career-threatening arm surgery a year ago but, on 🌳the first weekend of 2023, sustained a ne🎃w injury.

A crash int🅘o Miguel Oliveira resulted in a broken thumb, r🃏equiring screws to be inserted to heal it, and causing him 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 finger. He was also feeling the effects of several bruises after a punishing weekend.

A week later he “aggravated” those injuries at As🌺sen, 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 decimated by physical punishment.

Miguel Oliveira escap𓄧ed a major injury when Marc Marquez smashed into him in Portimao, 🔯but he did sustain a leg injury and missed a round.

He then suffered a dislocated and fractured shoulder, plus ligament damage, when he was wiped out by Fabio Quartararo in Spa✃in.

Joan Mir

The Repsol Honda rider has been sidelined from the past six rac🐼es, including sprints, due to a “a small bone infraction” on the little finger of his right hand. It was suffered when crashing durin🌄g practice at Mugello.

Previously, he missed the Argentina MotoGP 🌌after 🦹crashing a day earlier in the sprint.

Mir avoided a serious ankle injury but “significant disco🥃mfort and pain after the heavy impact” forced him to miss the grand 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 sp✤rint race at Mugello caused Alex Rins to break his leg.

He required two surgeries to “his tibia and fibula immobilised through an exter🍰nal fixator”.

Rins has missed two rounds and faces a race against time to be fit for Silverstone oജn August 6.

Fabio Quartararo

He needed surgery on a fractured big toe which was bizarrely injured in a jogging accident. Two days later at the Dutch MotoGP, he hurt a🦩n elbow in a crash involving Johann Zarco. Quartꦑararo needed painkillers to get through 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 I🌸talian MotoGP - he arrived on crutches, but day🐼s later duly won the grand prix.

Alex Marquez

A collision with Jorge Martin at COTA left Alex M♛arquez with a ruptღured quadricep and a damaged ligament in his leg.

“My leg was trapped between both bi🌱kes,” Marquez said although ไit didn’t cause him to skip a round.

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

A crash with Luca Marini at Le🔯 Mans was also a scary moment for Marquez but he again escaped unharmed.

Fabio di Giannantonio

The Gresini rider became𝕴 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 grave✃l traps at the circuit.

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

Johann Zarco

One of the scariest moment🌳s of the season so far was when Zarco’s Ducati was torn in half by Marc Marquez’s flying bike. The point of impact thankfully missed Zarco’s leg, and he was unhurt.

A crash with Fabio Quarta🎃raro at🅠 Assen resulted in a painful finger for Zarco.

Jorge Martin

The Pramac Racing rider was furious at Portimao w💎hen Marc Marquez clattered into him, leaving him with a broken to෴e and an ankle injury.

“It’s not the first time he has d🦄estroyed my race,” Jorge Martin fumed.

Martin 🎶later entered the COTA weekend “feeling weak” d𒊎ue to illness.

Luca Marini

The Mooney VR46 rider was involved in a big smash with Alex Marquez at Le Mans, which cost༺ him an injured wrist. 

That problem was diagnosed as a fracture, but Marini battled on w🀅ithout skipping a round until discovering additional ligament and tendon damage.

Raul Fernandez

After arm pump surgery, the RNF Apr🌳ilia rider attempted a swift return at Le Mans but was soon forced to pull out.

Augusto Fernandez

A terrifyin🔥g crash i🥃n 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 seaꦅson.

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

Joan Mir's manager Paco Sanchez told : "This format is crushing the drivers physically and psycღhologically.

"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 tremend✃ous pressure.

"The statistics are there. It is not a thought but a♊ reality.

"I've never seen a championship with th꧃e level 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 a🐎nd the result is a catastrophe for us."