Iker Lecuona has confirmed that he’ll miss the Suzuka 8 Hours after crashing in Race 1 on the Hungarian WorldSBK.
Lecuona was concerned in a multi-rider crash on the second activate the opening lap of Race 1 at Balaton Park.Â
After the incident, Lecuona was taken to the medical centre the place he was identified with a damaged left wrist and declared unfit for Sunday’s races. In an Instagram put up, Lecuona mentioned he’s planning to journey to Valencia on Sunday 27 July for surgical procedure on his wrist on the twenty eighth.
Remy Gardner and Garrett Gerloff had been additionally injured within the crash. Gardner was taken to hospital with a again contusion and a suspected concussion, whereas Gerloff had worsening signs after ending ninth in Race 1 and was identified with a again harm afterwards.
The crash was triggered by Andrea Iannone, who lifted the rear tyre of his Go Eleven Ducati beneath braking and misplaced management. He acquired a double lengthy lap penalty for the restart and completed thirteenth.
Iker Lecuona was on account of race the Suzuka 8 Hours subsequent weekend for Honda, however the proximity of his crash at Balaton to the endurance race means he should miss it.
Lecuona was introduced into Honda’s Suzuka 8 Hours group for 2025, alongside Takumi Takahashi and Johann Zarco, following a testing crash for Luca Marini on the finish of Could, however will now have to get replaced.
The Spaniard gained the Japanese endurance race with Honda in 2022, however was changed within the 2023 group by Xavi Vierge as Lecuona was filling in for Alex Rins at LCR Honda in MotoGP.
With the Suzuka race solely every week away, Honda has restricted time to call a substitute for Lecuona.
The Spaniard has a six-week break from World Superbike to get better, with the subsequent spherical on 5-7 September at Magny-Cours.
