{"id":619505,"date":"2026-04-20T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619505\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:29:07","slug":"aleix-espargaro-discharged-after-complicated-surgery-the-worst-fall-of-my-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/619505\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleix Espargaro discharged after \u201ccomplicated\u201d surgery: \u201cThe worst fall of my career\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aleix Espargaro has been discharged from hospital following surgery to fuse four fractured vertebrae sustained in a recent MotoGP testing accident.<\/p>\n<p>The triple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> race winner suffered the injuries during what he described as \u201cthe worst fall of my sporting career\u201d in a private Honda test at Sepang earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The exact circumstances of his accident remain unclear, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1028\/aleix-espargaro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aleix Espargaro<\/a> was testing alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889892\/takaaki-nakagami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takaaki Nakagami<\/a>, working on the development of the current 1000cc and future 850cc prototype.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning to Spain, Espargaro underwent a six-hour operation but has now been allowed to continue his recovery at home.<\/p>\n<p>Providing an update on Instagram, Espargaro wrote: \u201cBACK HOME! Thank you all for so much love. Time for a mandatory break, but happy to be home.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the worst fall of my sporting career, a very serious injury, many days in hospital and a complicated operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hardest thing hasn&#8217;t been the pain, it&#8217;s been the fear, not being able to do anything and seeing how my family, my wife and my children have had to adapt to my pace, my times, my limits&#8230; (and what&#8217;s left)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura, Ana, Rober and all mine, I love you infinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Show Instagram Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>There is no confirmed timeline for Espargaro\u2019s recovery, but he will miss this weekend\u2019s Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, the event where he made his Honda wild-card debut appearance last season.<\/p>\n<p>Younger brother Pol Espargaro &#8211; who had been set to replace Maverick Vinales at Tech3 this weekend &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1093233\/1\/maverick-vinales-miss-spanish-motogp-pol-espargaro-also-injured\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is also sidelined due to injury<\/a>.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aleix Espargaro has been discharged from hospital following surgery to fuse four fractured vertebrae sustained in a recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[163184,64,63,245659,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-619505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-aleix-espargaro","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-honda-hrc-motogp","12":"tag-motor","13":"tag-motor-sports","14":"tag-motosport","15":"tag-motosports","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}