Spanish Moto2 rider left injured trackside as race continues on

Officials have come under fire for failing to wave red flags after a rider was left sitting injured next to the track in a dangerous spot.

Rider left sitting on the side of the track

MotoGP officials came under heavy fire on Sunday for failing to bring the Moto2 race to a halt following a horror crash.

Spanish rider Jorge Navarro was thrown from his bike after being tagged from behind.

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But it was in the aftermath when the outrage went to the next level as Navarro was left stranded on the side of the track.

As the Spanish star sat on the turf just short of a corner, riders whizzed past as the race continued with no red flags anywhere to be seen in sight.

Navarro lost control of his bike coming around the bend and as he slid across the track he was hit in the back by Simone Corsi.

The sickening collision left Navarro prone on the side of the track and eventually needing to be stretchered off the circuit.

Both riders were taken to the medical centre to be checked over.

A big one between @simonecorsi and @Jorge_Navarro9 💥

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— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 16, 2022

Fans watching on couldn’t believe the track wasn’t stopped as marshalls stood next to the injured rider in a dangerous position as riders flew past.

“I think the issue there is Navarro’s come to rest where riders don’t normally end up being,” one commentator said.

“The yellow flags are obviously still being waved into that corner. The marshals are in attendance, they were very quickly on scene.

“Now it’s just a case of getting a stretcher over to Jorge Navarro as soon as possible.”

Freelance MotoGP journalist Simon Patterson was scathing in his assessment of officials as he watched the incident unfold.

“There is an injured rider lying on the inside of a corner, with no helmet on, AND NO RED FLAG. Are race control asleep????” he wrote.

“Jorge Navarro had been lying there for TWO LAPS and somehow THAT’S OK???? What on earth are the clowns doing?

“A horrendous crash where he got run over by another bike. The sort that can cause internal bleeding, collapsed lungs, all sorts of horrible internal injuries. He clearly needed a stretcher.

“Looking back at the incident, I might be wrong but it seems like one of the marshals is signalling that his radio isn’t working and another is calling for the race to be stopped.”

HOW is two laps of that safe?? For the injured rider, for the volunteer marshals and medics, for the other riders? https://t.co/oqhbO9moM2

— Simon Patterson (@denkmit) October 16, 2022