Moto3 rider Jacob Ro꧙ulstone has broken a vertebra in his neck in a training crash.

The Australian was preparing for his second full season in the M♎oto3 World Championship, for which he has been re-signed by the Tech3 team he made his debut with in 2024.

The crash both fractured and displaced Roulstone’s C3 vertebra, after which he was taken firstly to hospital in Jerez befo🌸re being transferred to Barcelona.

“Last Friday I had a crash whilst training at Jerez which has left me with a fractuꦇred 🍌and displaced C3 vertebrae in my neck,” Roulstone wrote on Instagram.

“After three nights in Jerez hospital, I wa🎉s lucky enough to be medically flown to Barcelona yesterday (20 January) and now in the best hands toꦗ have surgery in the next day or two.

“It’s a 🅘real shame to have this after such a good preseason I was having, but now it is about recovering as fast and as safely as 🥂possible to be back on the bike.

“Cannot thank [Xa♊vi Arenas] enough for being by my side and helping to arrange everything. As w😼ell as the medical staff involved.”

Roulstone’s second season in Moto3 will be one in which h🅺e looks to build on the positive flashes he showed in 2024, but which𒉰 he could not display consistently.

At the time of writing, no timeline has b꧃een made clear on his recovery.

The first round of the 2025 Moto3 World Cham꧒pionship ൩is scheduled for 28 February–2 March at the Buriram International Circuit in Thailand.