A serious accident between José Antonio Rueda (Ktm) and Noah Dettwiler (Ktm) shook up the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix, valid as the twentieth round of the world championship, leading to the rescheduling of the Moto3 and Moto2 races. The event happened on the Moto3 formation lap (around 4.50 am Italian time), when the Swiss, who had noticeably slowed down (perhaps due to a technical problem but the reason remains to be ascertained) was hit squarely by the Spaniard, who was arriving at full speed. The medical staff intervened immediately and stabilized the two pilots on the track, who were subsequently transported by air ambulance to Kuala Lumpur. The race direction immediately announced that the two drivers were conscious, but, at the moment, no further information has been released regarding their conditions. For this episode, the Moto3 race started at 6:45 and was won by the Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda), while the Moto2 race was postponed to 9:30; finally, MotoGP confirmed at 8am.
Moto3 rider Noah Dettwiler «is hospitalized in Kuala Lumpur hospital and will need multiple surgeries», after the accident in the warm up of the Moto3 class Malaysian GP. His team, CIP Green Power, made this known on social media. «This morning, during the out lap in Sepang, our driver Noah Dettwiler was involved in a serious accident. He has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur hospital and will require multiple operations – the press release states -. He is in good hands, and we ask that you respect his privacy. We will not provide any further updates at this time. Noah is a warrior, the whole CIP Green Power team is with him. We will keep you updated as soon as possible.” Dettwiler was proceeding slowly on the track and was hit squarely by the motorbike of Spaniard Josè Rueda, who was also taken to hospital but suffered a broken hand and various bruises.
However, there are difficulties in operating on him due to his poor haemodynamic conditions, in fact, you have to wait for the heart to function perfectly before you can remove the spleen. In fact, at the time of being hospitalized, Dettwiler had a serious head injury as well as thoracic and abdominal trauma as well as an open fracture of the tibia and fibula.