Big scare, once again, at the Portimao circuit. The Valencian pilot, Carlos Tatay, suffered a very hard fall during the Junior GP Moto2 race this past Sunday, for which, all the alarms were turned on. At the entrance of him in turn 1, the front end of Tatay’s motorcycle seemed to be blocked and the former Moto3 World Championship ended up hitting the asphalt violently, to continue sliding until arriving at high speed at the escape wall of the same curve (one of those that has generated so many controversies in the MotoGP World Championship, among others, and in which they forced to put a airfence Totally necessary).
Fortunately, the Sag Racing Team driver was conscious at all times. Bad luck comes with the first medical part: the doctors of the circuit, in a first examination at the clinic, revealed serious injuries for which he had to be evacuated minutes later by helicopter to the Faro hospital, the closest in the area. Tatay showed several damaged vertebrae for which he had to be treated as soon as possible.
Once there, the 20-year-old pilot He entered the operating room to be operated on urgently. This is how his team explained it in a statement through their social networks that worried every fan: “After the hard fall of our driver Carlos Tatay during the first race of the Junior GP at the Portimão circuit, he has been transferred to the Faro hospital , where he is currently undergoing surgery due to the seriousness of his injuries. After midnight, the team announced that Tatay’s operation had been “successfully completed” and that his life was out of danger. “Now Carlos remains under observation until the process is evaluated”, reported from the Sag Racing Team, waiting to find out his evolution and, then, to be able to talk about recovery times for the Valencian.