A luckless Eugene Laverty is hospitalised following a crash in his farewell WorldSBK race at Phillip Island:
who announced his retirement from racing earlier this year
The crash caused the race to be stopped prematurely, handing newly-crowned champion Alvaro Bautista a 16th win of the year. WSBK issued a short statement on Twitter clarifying that the Northern Irish rider had been"diagnosed with a pelvic injury".The accident caps off a forgettable final season in WSBK for 2013 series runner-up Laverty, who concluded an injury-plagued year 16th in the riders' standings with a best finish of 10th at Aragon and Barcelona.
It continues a relationship with BMW that began in 2020, when Laverty joined Tom Sykes as a rider in the factory team before he was moved over to satellite equipment for the following season.admitted that a crash in practice at Assen
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