Eugene Laverty has been hospitalised after suffering fractures to both wrists in a crash during first free practice for the 2019 World Superbike Championship at Imola.
A bittersweet final lap for Yamaha at the Argentina MotoGP saw Valentino Rossi snatch second position from Andrea Dovizioso, but the celebrations were muted when Franco Morbidelli ran into the back of Maverick Vinales with just a few corners to go.
Romain Grosjean says working with a sports psychologist helped him improve his Formula 1 performances after causing a huge crash at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.
Nico Hulkenberg says he’s unsure if the Halo blocked a quick extraction from his Renault after he flipped over after feeling "helpless" in a scary lap one crash at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez won his fifth MotoGP title in 2018, but official season statistics show that he also fell 23 times along the way, once again more than any other premier-class competitor.
Steve McQueen's character famously jumped a motorcycle over a fence, but Jakub Kornfeil pulled off his own Great Escape with a real-life Hollywood stunt in Sunday's French Moto3 Grand Prix.
James Hinchcliffe is now awake and communicating after surgery for injuries to his left leg and pelvic area sustained in a major practice crash on Monday.
In the wake of Marc Marquez's stunning performance at the British MotoGP, just hours after dislocating his left shoulder, we look at six other heroic feats throughout the years.