The Spaniard crashed at 115mph by way of the Farm Curve left-hander on Saturday afternoon within the FP4 session forward of qualifying.
Espargaro needed to be stretchered off observe earlier than being taken to the medical centre for checks on his proper foot.
Regardless of struggling heavy bruising, Espargaro was in a position to participate in qualifying and heroically put his Aprilia sixth on the grid – however cancelled all media actions afterwards because of the ache in his foot “getting worse”.
At current, his participation in Sunday’s race is unsure.
“The crash was the very last thing we would have liked,” Espargaro mentioned in a crew assertion. “I used to be feeling good on the bike, pushing exhausting, and the excessive facet was somewhat violent.
“I’m in a variety of ache and it’s getting worse, so together with the crew and the docs, we determined it could be greatest for me to relaxation till tomorrow after which consider the state of affairs after the warm-up.
“I’ll clearly do the whole lot I can to be on the observe however, since we’re speaking about part of the physique that’s extremely careworn throughout using, we’ll must see if it’s potential.”
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Staff Picture by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
This crash has come on the worst potential second for Espargaro as he comes into the twelfth spherical of the 2022 season second within the standings.
Espargaro lowered his deficit to Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo to 21 factors on the final spherical within the Netherlands in June previous to the summer time break, after combating again to fourth when the Frenchman pressured him off observe early on in a collision.
Quartararo should serve a protracted lap penalty in Sunday’s 20-lap British GP as punishment for the collision at Assen – although the reigning world champion has been outspoken about his dismay at MotoGP stewards’ choice to penalise him.
The sister Aprilia of Maverick Vinales took his greatest qualifying of the yr on Saturday at Silverstone when he went second quickest, 0.098s adrift of polesitter Johann Zarco on the Pramac Ducati.
Vinales has mentioned in latest weeks that he’s completely satisfied to assist Espargaro in his title bid, however insisted on Saturday at Silverstone that no discussions relating to crew orders have been had at Aprilia thus far.
