Miguel Oliveira suffers right wrist fracture, heading to hospital

Miguel Oliveira is being sent to a local hospital after being diagnosed with 'a fracture of the right wrist' in opening practice for the 2024 Indonesian MotoGP.

'He is about to undergo a three-dimensional CT scan in the hospital in Mataram to evaluate the need for surgery,' Oliveira's Trackhouse team added.

Oliveira, winner of the inaugural 2022 Mandalika MotoGP, suffered a big highside at the Turn 3-4 double left during the middle stages of a dusty and slippery FP1 session.

After being flung down the track, the Portuguese rider came to a rest sitting upright on the outside kerbing. Oliveira was then placed on a stretcher by marshals before being taken to the Medical Centre.

The fracture means Oliveira is set to miss the rest of this weekend and is a major doubt for next weekend's Japanese MotoGP.

Although Oliveira was the only rider to crash in the premier class this morning, plenty of others were caught out in the previous Moto2 and Moto3 sessions, including Moto3 title leader David Alonso.

Team-mate Raul Fernandez was 20th fastest in FP1, with Maverick Vinales the leading Aprilia in second place.

Friday afternoon practice, which decides the top ten riders for direct Q2 access, starts at 3pm local time.