Jake Dixon will miss this weekend’s opening World Superbike race after breaking his wrist initially of the ultimate day of testing at Phillip Island.
The WorldSBK rookie crashed out of his manufacturing facility Honda at Flip 11 (MG exit) on his first flying lap of the day.
“Preliminary examinations on the circuit medical heart revealed that Dixon suffered a fractured left wrist and contusion to his left elbow,” Honda mentioned in an announcement.
“The British jockey will now journey to Melbourne for additional medical exams.
“On account of the damage, Dixon has been declared unfit to compete within the subsequent Australian spherical.”
Dixon moved to World SBK after successful seven Grand Prix wins in Moto2 in seven years, and on the primary day of testing he recorded the tenth quickest time (+1.147 seconds), making him the highest Honda rider.
The damage is a double catastrophe for HRC, as Dixon’s teammate and fellow WorldSBK rookie Somkiat Chantra has already missed Australia as a consequence of a coaching damage.
Tetta Nagashima will take over as Chantra. It’s unclear whether or not Honda will attempt to discover a substitute for Dixon this weekend.
Like Chantra, Dixon will want greater than a month to get well earlier than making his belated HRC debut on the second spherical of the 2026 season in Portimao.
Stefano Manzi additionally had an accident at Flip 2 on the ultimate morning of testing, which introduced out a purple flag, however he was deemed match to proceed.
BMW’s Miguel Oliveira completed eighth as WorldSBK’s high rookie.
Full outcomes of the 2026 Phillip Island WorldSBK take a look at.
