Terrifying moment MotoGP rider is crushed under rival bike in high-speed crash but incredibly escapes serious injury
MOTOGP stars Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia miraculously escaped serious injury at the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday.
The two riders collided at Turn 13 with six laps to go and slid off the track.
Marquez appeared to cut across the back of Bagnaia while they were going shoulder-to-shoulder into the turn.
They both subsequently came off their bikes and slid across the gravel at high speed.
Bagnaia got crushed under the Spaniard’s bike as a result, but somehow avoided serious injury.
A statement from his team later confirmed that he was okay.
It read: “Bagnaia is back in the garage after undergoing a medical check-up. He has sustained contusions but no fractures and has been declared FIT.”
Bagnaia was left furious after the race and claimed the crash was entirely Marquez’s fault.
He said: “It’s not that I have to explain a lot of things. The dynamic is what it is. It’s worrying that there are riders who do certain things.
“When I was on the inside I felt a hit of gas, and he didn’t stop accelerating until he threw me off.
“The worst of all, what makes me most angry is the data. The telemetry reveals that, after the contact, [Marquez] went from accelerating 40% to 60%. It’s dangerous to race with someone who does these things.
“Normally, one tries to avoid contact, although the data shows that there are people who do not see it that way.”
However, Marquez disagreed and said: “Nothing is going to change what happened.
“If anyone could avoid contact it was him, who knew I was there. I had no knowledge that [Bagnaia] was on the outside.
“The only thing I told the Race Direction members is that, if he had left a little more space between us and had not traced to the inside, nothing would have happened.”
FIM MotoGP stewards announced no further action would be taken following the collision.
Marquez’s brother, Marc, went on to win the race.