{"id":723677,"date":"2026-06-08T20:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723677\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:06:10","slug":"david-munoz-undergoes-surgery-after-red-flag-balaton-moto3-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/723677\/","title":{"rendered":"David Munoz undergoes surgery after red-flag Balaton Moto3 clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Munoz has undergone surgery after suffering pelvic and arm fractures in a dramatic final-lap accident in Sunday’s Hungarian Moto3 Grand Prix ay Balaton Park.<\/p>\n

Munoz had produced one of the rides of the race by charging from 17th on the grid to third by the start of the final lap.<\/p>\n

Maximo Quiles and Munoz’s IntactGP team-mate David Almansa were out of reach, leaving the Spaniard locked in a fierce battle for the final podium position with a quartet of Red Bull KTMs.<\/p>\n

\"Davod <\/p>\n

Davod Muniz battles the Red Bull KTMs for third, Moto3, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n

Alvaro Carpe passed Munoz at the Turn 10 chicane before disaster struck when Munoz clipped the back of Carpe\u2019s machine on the exit of the following corner.<\/p>\n

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Brian Uriarte then struck the fallen machine, while Munoz fell into the path of Valentin Perrone, who was unsighted behind Tech3 team-mate Rico Salmela.<\/p>\n

The race was red flagged and result taken from the end of the previous lap, minus those involved in the incident.<\/p>\n

Munoz, who only recently returned to full fitness following a serious leg injury sustained last October, was described as ‘conscious’.<\/p>\n

Following medical attention at the circuit, Munoz was airlifted to a hospital in Budapest, where he was diagnosed with fractures on the left side of his pelvis, which required surgery.<\/p>\n

\"David <\/p>\n

David Munoz, Moto3, 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnfortunately, Munoz crashed on his fastest lap in qualifying and therefore had to start the race from 17th,” explained IntactGP team manager Peter \u00d6ttl.<\/p>\n

“However, that did not stop him from fighting his way up to third place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would certainly have been his aim, too, until a tragic crash intervened and brought the race to an end for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, David had to be taken to a hospital in Budapest with injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish him all the best, hope for a speedy recovery, and look forward to his return to complete our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pelvis and arm fractures<\/p>\n

A post-surgery update issued by the IntactGP team on Monday revealed Munoz also suffered an arm fracture.<\/p>\n

“Following the accident at the Hungarian GP, David Munoz has successfully undergone surgery at the Dr. Jen\u0151 Manninger Trauma Center in Budapest.<\/p>\n

“The procedure stabilised fractures to his pelvis as well as a fracture in his left arm. He now remains under medical supervision.<\/p>\n

“The next step will be to arrange his transfer back to Spain, where further evaluations will take place.<\/p>\n

“The team wishes him all the best on the further steps and a smooth recovery.”<\/p>\n

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Munoz, who took podiums at Jerez and Catalunya, is eighth in the world championship standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Munoz has undergone surgery after suffering pelvic and arm fractures in a dramatic final-lap accident in Sunday’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17924,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-723677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-moto3","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723677","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=723677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}