{"id":98416,"date":"2021-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/pol-espargaro-escapes-serious-injury-in-valencia\/"},"modified":"2021-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T02:00:00","slug":"pol-espargaro-escapes-serious-injury-in-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/motogp-en\/pol-espargaro-escapes-serious-injury-in-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pol Espargar\u00f3 escapes serious injury in Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During MotoGP Free Practice 3, <strong>Pol Espargar\u00f3<\/strong> suffered a <strong>highside<\/strong> on the exit of Turn 12 heading into Turn 13. The Repsol Honda Team rider was taken to the circuit medical centre before being transported to<strong> 9 de Octubre Hospital<\/strong> in Valencia for further checks. Scans revealed <strong>heavy bruising<\/strong>, especially around the right thorax and abdomen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Espargar\u00f3 will rest tonight before assessing his condition<\/strong> and continued participation on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Rider statements<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23POL44&amp;src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#POL44<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately today I had a very big crash during FP3 at Turn 13. The impact was very hard but fortunately I have no serious injuries and nothing appeared broken in the tests we did at the hospital. At the moment I have a lot of pain from around my ribs when I breathe, this is what hurts most. I\u2019m really disappointed because we had great speed and I was feeling really confident. I\u2019m sorry for my team. 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