Collarbone fracture for Luca Marini, long lap penalty
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Marini, whose rear wheel was seen high in the air as he tried frantically to avoid hitting the back of Bezzecchi, will now be taken to a hospital for further medical checks.Pole qualifier Bezzecchi rejoined at the back of the field after the Turn 1 incident, before fighting his way up to fifth.Marini’s injury is the second of the day with Alex Marquez fracturing ribs in qualifying.Like Marquez, Marini is now almost certain to also miss next weekend’s Japanese round at Motegi.The FIM Stewards later handed Marini a long lap penalty, to be served in the Italian’s next MotoGP (Sunday) race, for ‘aggressive contact with another rider at Turn 1 which severely impacted his race’.Marini wasn’t the only rider on the ground at turn 1 with Stefan Bradl clipping Augusto Fernandez before bringing down Pol Espargaro. The FIM Stewards deemed that to be a ‘race incident’.Ducati: Gresini has Marc Marquez ‘opportunity’, ‘waiting for his decision’Alex Marquez out of India with rib fractures Related Marc Marquez responds to Ducati comments: ‘Nobody is inside my head’ Indian MotoGP, Buddh – Sprint Race ResultsIndian MotoGP: Latest ResultsIndian Moto2: Latest ResultsIndian Moto3: Latest Results
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