{"id":677122,"date":"2026-05-17T17:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/677122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:49:20","slug":"motogp-news-sudden-bike-failure-triggers-sickening-motogp-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/677122\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP news: Sudden bike failure triggers sickening MotoGP crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/motogp-catalonya-barcelona-crash.jpg\" alt=\"Sudden bike failure triggers sickening MotoGP crash\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Marquez&#8217;s bike flies through the air after colliding with Pedro Acosta.<\/p>\n<p>Factory KTM rider Acosta was leading the 24-lap race when his RC16 suddenly slowed between Turn 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta raised his hand, but not in time for Marquez to react. With nowhere to go, he slammed into the back of the preceding KTM RC16.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez and his Ducati Desmosedici went cartwheeled through the grass, scattering debris across the course.<\/p>\n<p>Marquez was taken to the infield medical centre before being transported to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>VR46 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio was an innocent casualty of the melee as he hit one of Marquez\u2019s stray wheels that came back onto the track.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta was able to return to the pits with assistance from fellow competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Race control confirmed a race restart following a lengthy clean-up with the grid set by the order at the end of the previous lap.<\/p>\n<p>Pit exit opened at 10:48pm AEST for a 13-lap race with Acosta alongside Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez and Jorge Martin of Aprilia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/250635\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/250635\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Marquez&#8217;s bike flies through the air after colliding with Pedro Acosta. Factory KTM rider Acosta was leading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,12357,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-677122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-slot1","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677122","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=677122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}