During the Moto2 race of the Australian Grand Prix, Jorge Navarro was the victim of a high-speed crash that would not have had major consequences, but unfortunately the rider behind the Spaniard, Simone Corsi, was unable to avoid him and invested in a very dangerous accident, which caused him to fracture his left femur.
The rider of the Sito Pons FlexBox HP 40 team was on the ground in the gravel, a few centimeters from the asphalt, and remained there, after taking off his helmet, for a long time, enough to allow the race group to pass twice on the place, with the consequent risk that this entails, without the Race Direction displaying the red flag.
The image was Dante’s on television: Navarro could be seen on the ground sitting without a helmet, motionless, with only one inspector at his side and the motorcycles whizzing by less than four meters away.
Motorsport.com contacted the driver’s agent, Albert Valera, who confirmed that the driver has undergone surgery at a Melbourne medical center.
“Jorge feels better, he will generally be discharged on Tuesday, he has had an operation on the femur of his left leg, but he is already on his feet and can put his foot on the ground, which is a good sign,” explained Valera.
However, the driver is very angry about what happened and the lack of responsiveness of the Race Direction.
“He is very angry that a red flag was not displayed,” explained Valera.
“The marshals, after remaining on the ground, had to leave the area when the other pilots arrived, and there was only one left, who could not do anything to get him out. It took two laps before they were able to evacuate him. , as the race passed in front of him, very close “.
“Jorge is a bit disappointed with this decision, he hopes they will reflect and make some changes on these things: it happened in Thailand with the decision of the wet race and now this”, he added in reference to the race in Buriram, where Race Direction has prolonged the decision to stop the Moto2 race in the midst of a downpour that endangered the integrity of the riders.
On Monday morning, Jorge received a visit from his FlexBox HP 40 team, led by Sito Pons and Aron Canet, at the medical center in Melbourne where he underwent surgery, and was also visited by Simone Corsi, the pilot who he had the misfortune to be behind him at the time of the accident and that he hit him with the MV Agusta, suffering a fall and injuring his right hand.
Outrage in the paddock
The images of Navarro lying on the track and the riders passing a few meters from him sparked the indignation of many members of the paddock.
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia MotoGP team rider, was shocked by the incident.
“In Thailand, during the Moto2 race, they should have taken the red flag three laps earlier than they did,” said Espargaro.
“We talked about it in the Safety Commission meeting. They apologized for it. And here, Navarro was on the ground, in tears, with his leg completely shattered. With the stewards there, in the gravel, with him, and they didn’t expose the red flag. It’s crazy, “said the Aprilia rider.
Joan Mir was unable to see the action live, but when he was told what had happened he felt it necessary to intervene.
“I didn’t pay much attention to the Moto2 race, because I was preparing. But was Navarro on the ground without a helmet? We’ll definitely talk about it, because it’s a clear red flag situation.”
Navarro, who will move to the MotoGP paddock next season and join the Ten Kate team to ride a Yamaha in the Supersport World Championship, will not be able, after this unfortunate accident, to end his adventure in Moto2 on his Kalex.
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