Iker Lecuona out of Jerez World Superbike after Sunday morning crash

Factory Honda WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona has been ruled out of the final race of💙 the 2024 World Superbike Championship.

Iker Lecuona, 2024 Spanish WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Iker Lecuona, 2024 Spanish WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Iker L𓃲ecuona has been ruled out of the final race of th🎀is year’s WorldSBK season after a crash in the Superpole Race.

Lecuona, who finished fifth🅠 in Saturday’s Race 1, crashed together with his HRC🔥 teammate, Xavi Vierge, in the WorldSBK Superpole Race in Jerez.

While Vierge was able to walk away from the crash, Lecuona — visibly in pain according to the replays shown by the international TV feed — was ta𒉰ken to the medical centre.

Shortly after the conclusion of the Superpole Race, which was won by Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega, Lecuona was declared unfit for the remainder of this weekend’s action in Jerez, which amounts only to Race 2 later today, the f♒inal race of the season.

Lecuona suff🎃ered a “displaced fracture of the left fifth metatarsal bone,” per an official WorldSBK communication.

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