Motorcycle racers are built differently. Not to take away from any other athletes at the top of their respective sports, but from the age you can properly comprehend death, you need to accept that it could happen on the track. For Moto3 rider Noah Dettwiler, that was nearly the case after a horrific crash during a sighting lap last year at the Malaysian MotoGP, but he’s not letting that end his career. Far from it.
It's nothing short of a miracle that 20-year-old Dettwiler survived the incident after suffering multiple cardiac arrests, injuries to his lungs and spleen, and an open leg fracture. But just three months after the horrific crash, Dettwiler has gone through rehabilitation in his home country of Switzerland and is ready to race again.
At the beginning of December, Dettwiler stated, "Motorcycle racing is my passion, my life and my work, and therefore I will give everything to get back to 100 percent fitness as quickly as possible." Before his accident, the Moto3 rider had an offer from Paolo Simoncelli's SIC58 racing team for the 2026 Moto3 season, but this seat went to Austrian rider Leo Rammerstorfer, as it was unclear when, or if, Dettwiler would be back on two wheels again.
