Weekend to forget for Asper Mahindra at Barcelona
Aspar Mahindra riders Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martín crash out of Catalan GP. Martín damages his right hand and will undertake medical tests to establish the extent of the injury.
The MotoGP World Championship said goodbye to Luis Salom on Sunday morning with a minute’s silence on the home straight of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, in memory of the rider who lost his life on Friday. The tributes were carried over to the podium, as all three rostrum finishers worn T-shirts expressing the sentiment of the entire paddock: “Always in our hearts.” Jorge Navarro was the winner of the Catalan GP, ahead of Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini, in a close race.
In Moto3, luck was not on the Mahindra Aspar riders’ side in Barcelona, as both ended their day early with crashes. Jorge Martín was the worst affected by his fall, suffering a badly bruised right hand. The Spaniard was taken to the circuit’s medical centre and will undergo further tests to find out the full extent of the injury. Martín was riding in fourteenth when he crashed out. Pecco Bagnaia started from seventh on the grid -his second best qualifying result of the season- and from the very beginning of the race he managed to stick with the leading group. However, at the start of Lap 6 he was hit by another rider, ending his chances of a good result. The Italian remains fifth in the overall standings, twelve points behind the rider in fourth.
