Catalunya MotoGP: Marco Bezzecchi reveals left hand, thumb injuries after Catalunya incident

Marco Bezzecchi has confirmed a left hand and thumb injury after being taken out of the Catalan MotoGP.
Marco Bezzecchi Ducati MotoGP Catalunya 2023
Marco Bezzecchi Ducati MotoGP Catalunya 2023

Sunday’s race marked the second conse💞cutive weeke🌺nd where Bezzecchi was taken out at the start of a race.

In Austria Bezzecchi crashed out after an aggressive move fr🌃om Jorge Martin left many rꦦiders with nowhere to go.

And in Barcelona it was more of the same for the Italian as he was launche✱d from his Mooney VR46 Ducati after Enea Bastianini clipped Johann Zarco.

The collision resulted in Bezzecchi and both Gꦕresini riders falling into the gravel, before the restart was taken by all four riders that were hit by Bastianini.

The problem for Bezzecchi is that he couldn’t use th𝓀e medium front and instead swapped to a soft front tyre, which was the only available option.

Speaking about the first-lap pile up, Bezzecchi said: "Like in Austria I didn’t🌱 see anything. I just got hit by four/five bikes. 

"When I saw the images after I understood [what happened] but then my bikes was 🐼not starting unfortunately. 

"It was not possible to bring the bike bacꦓk to the b🦩ox and use that medium [tyre]. I only had a soft [tyre] and it was not very good."

A big talking point after the race was whether the start should be moved in Catalunya, but Bezzecchi, along♔ with many others, said it’s down to riders having their head swit𒅌ched on, and not because of the circuit layout.

"It i𝓰s just down to riders becauseꦑ this track has been here for many years. It’s not the track." added the rider third in the championship.

Bezzecchi is set to take part in his second home round o꧅f the year this weekend at Misano, however, he will undergo checkers beforehand after confirming injuriꦉes from the accident.

Bezzecchi said: "I hurt my left hand, ജespecially my thumb and my right leg albeit to a lesser🗹 extent. I hope to be ok for Misano."

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