Overview
- During the Sepang sighting lap, a slowing Noah Dettwiler was hit from behind by Jose Antonio Rueda at Turn 3, sending both riders off their bikes.
- Dettwiler underwent several surgeries in Kuala Lumpur and remains in a stable but critical condition, according to his CIP Green Power team citing the doctors in charge.
- Rueda is awake and alert in hospital with a concussion and a fracture to his hand or wrist, per updates from his Red Bull KTM Ajo team and MotoGP.
- Track medics treated both riders before helicopter evacuations to Kuala Lumpur; the Moto3 race was delayed and shortened to 10 laps before going ahead.
- Multiple MotoGP riders, including Francesco Bagnaia, questioned the decision to continue racing, while teams limited details and requested privacy as unconfirmed family accounts circulated.