Crash-prone rider Aldeguer (Ducati): Three crashes, three points and an operation

The start of this year’s Indonesian Grand Prix did not go to plan for Fermin Aldeguer. Both in the morning session and in qualifying, last year’s winner went off the track and missed out on direct entry to Q2. On Saturday, the youngest rider in the premier class was a different rider altogether. Setting the fastest time in Q1, the number 54 rider went on to mix it up with the elite in the decisive qualifying session. Starting from sixth on the grid, everything seemed to be back on track.

In the MotoGP Sprint, however, the Gresini youngster was unable to make any further progress. Finishing 7th behind his pit neighbour Alex Márquez, it amounted to little more than a respectable result. It was also a bitter pill to swallow: the future VR46 rider now found himself behind his rival and neighbour Pedro Acosta – in 2025, Aldeguer had clearly outpaced the KTM rider.

But the low point of the Indonesian Grand Prix was yet to come. Aldeguer had got off to a brilliant start and was already in 4th place after just one lap. Many were hoping for a repeat performance from the 22-year-old. But instead of a charge towards the podium, it turned into his third crash – and his eleventh of the 2026 season. Despite the relatively minor slip-up at Turn 16, the race was over for him as early as Lap 2.

As Gresini Racing confirmed shortly afterwards, Fermín Aldeguer broke his right hand in the crash. An operation back in his native Spain has already been scheduled. Aldeguer is well known there. Following the Assen GP, the southern Spaniard was forced to take a long break due to a fractured vertebra. It is therefore unclear whether Nadia Padovani’s team will be fielding its regular line-up in Australia in two weeks’ time.

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Pedro Acosta

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Alex Márquez

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Marco Bezzecchi

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Marc Márquez

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Ai Ogura und Pedro Acosta

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Luca Marini

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Raúl Fernández

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Marco Bezzecchi

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Quartararo und Binder

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Ai Ogura und Marc Márquez

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Enea Bastianini

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Alex Márquez und Fabio Di Giannantonio

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Marc Márquez und Pedro Acosta

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Marco Bezzecchi gewinnt das Rennen

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Sieger Marco Bezzecchi

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Fernández, Bezzecchi, Martin

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Sieger Marco Bezzecchi

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