The 20th round of the 2025 MotoGP season in Malaysia was won by Ducati\u2019s Alex Marquez<\/a>, the younger brother of world champion Marc Marquez sealing second place for the season to mark the first time siblings had annexed the top two spots in the premier class. <\/p>\n But after the race, the MotoGP riders weren\u2019t keen on talking about themselves. <\/p>\n Hours earlier, ahead of the world championship entry-level Moto3 series race, Spanish rider and 2025 Moto3 champion Jose Antonio Rueda and Swiss rival Noah Dettwiler had come together in sickening crash<\/a> as the riders circulated on the sighting lap to the grid, Dettwiler\u2019s bike crawling down the left side of the circuit at walking pace after an apparent technical malfunction, Rueda \u2013 unsighted \u2013 smashing into the back of him at full speed. <\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n TALKING POINTS<\/a> Miller\u2019s lament, \u2018hole\u2019 sinks Bagnaia, winner\u2019s last laugh<\/p>\n RACE REPORT <\/a> Marquez celebrates milestone in style with Sepang victory<\/p>\n It was a brutal reminder that, as one MotoGP paddock insider put it, the sport can be \u201cmean and vicious\u201d. The Moto3 race was, correctly, postponed while medical teams attended to both riders, the delay to the schedule of three Grands Prix at Sepang pushing two hours. <\/p>\n What happened next was what got most of the MotoGP riders, awaiting their own races, so riled up. <\/p>\n A medical helicopter left the circuit to take Rueda, 19, and 20-year-old Dettwiler to a downtown Kuala Lumpur hospital, air travel necessary to save time and to overcome significant road closures between the airport \u2013 where Sepang is located \u2013 and the city for the arrival of US president Donald Trump to the ASEAN summit being held in the Malaysian capital. <\/p>\n And then, nothing. <\/p>\n Moto3 riders \u2013 the majority of whom are still in their teens \u2013 were sent out for a truncated 10-lap race with no news about their colleagues. Scant medical updates finally came through after the MotoGP race hours later. <\/p>\n PIT TALK PODCAST: Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola joins Pit Talk to review a successful yet tumultuous year in MotoGP, look at the growth of Marco Bezzecchi and his hopes for Jorge Martin, and discuss Liberty Media\u2019s arrival while reminiscing about his F1 days working for Australian Paul Stoddart. Listen to Pit Talk below.<\/p>\n Rueda, per the world championship\u2019s official social media accounts five hours after the incident, was declared \u201cawake and alert, with a suspected hand fracture and a number of contusions.\u201d <\/p>\n Dettwiler\u2019s team \u2013 as social media speculation ran rampant \u2013 issued a statement that read, in part: \u201cOur rider Noah Dettwiler … was taken to the hospital in Kuala Lumpur and will need to undergo multiple surgeries … he is in good hands, and we kindly ask you to respect his privacy, we will not be sharing any further details at this time. Noah is a true fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n For two-time MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia, it was too much. <\/p>\n \u201cFor me, to let such young riders do a 10-lap race in those conditions after seeing helicopters take off with two of them, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea. I\u2019ll never understand it,\u201d Bagnaia said.<\/p>\n \u201cLuckily I\u2019m not the one who needs to take these kind of decisions. I think things are done in a way that I would not do.\u201d<\/p>\n Rueda, 19, won the 10th race of his Moto3 title-winning season in Australia a week before Sunday\u2019s horror crash in Malaysia. (Photo by Paul Crock \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n \u2018WE DESERVE TO KNOW\u2019: RIDERS CRITICAL OVER LACK OF INFORMATION<\/p>\n Motorsport is dangerous. Any ticket you buy to a motorsport event, any pass you receive, any waiver you sign, reminds you of that inescapable fact. <\/p>\n MotoGP riders, almost all of whom have come through Moto3 and then Moto2 to make it to the top class, know that more than most. Many have lost friends and colleagues on that journey. <\/p>\n MORE MOTOGP NEWS<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761200708_112_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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