2025 MotoGP Injury Report – Who’s In, Who’s Out
Stay updated with the latest 2025 MotoGP Injury Report - find out which riders are sidelined and who's stepping in as replacements.
Honda’s already depleted MotoGP line-up has taken another hit at the Balaton Park, with Aleix Espargaro ruled unfit to replace the injured Somkiat Chantra.
Espargaro, who retired from full-time racing at the end of last season before joining Honda as a tester and wild-card rider, was set to step in for Chantra at LCR Honda this weekend.
But the Spaniard arrived in Hungary suffering from severe back pain after a cycling accident in recent days.
Medical checks at the circuit revealed damage to his L3 vertebra.
Having already missed track time earlier this summer after breaking a bone in his hand during his professional cycling debut in the Tour of Austria, Espargaro was forced to withdraw and return to Barcelona for further examinations at Hospital Universitari Dexeus.
🚨 Following a small crash, Aleix Espargaro has been forced to withdraw from stage 3 of @TourOfAustria with a suspected broken bone in his hand.
— Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) July 11, 2025
Heal up fast, Aleix 🤛#TourofAustria pic.twitter.com/Yaa9eNDhAa
His Balaton outing would have been his fourth MotoGP appearance of the year, having previously wild-carded at Jerez and Silverstone before stepping in for the injured Luca Marini at Assen.
With Honda’s second test rider Nakagami also sidelined by a knee ligament injury sustained while covering for Chantra at Brno, Johann Zarco will once again be the only rider taking part for LCR Honda.
Espargaro’s younger brother Pol, replacing Maverick Viñales in the Tech3 squad, admitted he had suspected Aleix’s weekend would be short-lived.
“I saw him when I was entering the paddock; he was walking super-stiff.”
“I knew from what he posted on Instagram about his cycling crash that he was going to struggle. And in the end, he’s not able to race.”
