05
Jul
2023
Pol Espargaro “didn’t recognise my body” recovering from Portugal MotoGP crash
The Tech3 rider crashed in the latter stages of FP2 in the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix and suffered numerous fractures, including to his back and jaw, after hitting an unprotected tyre barrier.
Espargaro required surgery on the three vertebrae he broke in his back, and his jaw had to be wired shut for a month, forcing him onto a liquid diet.
Speaking in his first…
