Lucky escape as Moto2 bike swerves into Aprilia MotoGP pits at Misano

Pit ꦅlane collision sends a Moto2 bike swerving into the Aprilia pit garage.

Aleix Espargaro, 2024 San Marino MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro, 2024 San Marino MotoGP

Moto2 rider Unai Orradre, a marshal and Aprilia MotoGP team members were fortunate to escape se༺rious injury during a bizarre incident on Saturday morning at the San Marino Grand Prix.

The rider-less Forward Moto2 bike of Orradre crashed ౠinto the Aprilia pit garage after a collision ▨in the Misano pit lane during final practice.

MotoGꦫP.com pit lane reporter Simon Crafar witnessed the ac💖cident:

“I saw some♏one step off the pit wall - super easy to do - and not see a bike because there was a big group leaving at the beginning of the Moto2 session.

“He stepped straight in front of a rider from the Klint Forward Factory Team, Unai Orradre, and🎃 poor Unai got wip🃏ed off his machine by the person who flew over his screen.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes. Both were alright; they both got up and walked off, then sat down. 💞;

"But his machine then continued without him down pitlane, turned left an꧒d went straight into Aleix Espargaro’s garage.

“It went into Aleix’s bike, ripped the whole side fairing off. I think it hurt the hand of one of the [Aprilia] guys it glanced off and then went straight into where the data guys 🎀and crew chiefs sit.

“Luckily nobody was there, because it was not their [MotoGP] session. It looks💖 like everybody was oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚkay.”

Images showed the Forward bike on its side at the back of the Aprܫil🃏ia garage.

Aprilia confirmed to wuqian0821.com that their team members escaped with ‘nothing serious' but acknowledged the outcome ‘could have been much worse🅰’.

Orradre, who is t💖hought to have collided with a marshal in pit lane, missed the final Moto2 practice session but was back on track for Saturday afternoon's qualifying.

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