A FRACTURE FOR LORENZO SAVADORI, WORKING TOWARD RETURNING IN TIME FOR SILVERSTONE.
Spielberg (Austria), 8 August 2021- The Styrian GP saw Lorenzo Savadori (bike n. 32) involved in a spectacular crash. During the third lap, Lorenzo struck a bike stopped on the track ,due to a crash seconds earlier by Dani Pedrosa with no physical consequences for the rider. A fire broke out after impact, engulfing both bikes and forcing Race Direction to red-flag the race.
Lorenzo came through with a fractured malleolus and he will undergo surgery tomorrow with the goal of coming back in time for the Silverstone race at the end of the month (*).
At the second start, after starting rather well thanks to his good qualifiers that placed him on the third row, Aleix Espargaro’ was the victim of contact with Marc Marquez that cost him several positions. It was a situation almost identical to what occurred at the first start. Aleix recovered and was lapping with quite good times, but his comeback stopped when his bike did, with the latter currently under analysis.
ALEIX ESPARGARÓ (bike no. 41): "Unfortunately, in both races, I started extremely well, but I was pushed wide twice and lost positions. In any case, I was recovering, and I had the pace to finish in the top six, but the bike had a problem. It’s a pity because we lost important points, but also because of Lorenzo’s accident, once again on this track. I hope he will be able to recover quickly and be back on the track. Now we’ll just be thinking about next week’s race."
(*) PERFECTLY SUCCESSFUL SURGERY FOR SAVA. 9 August 2021 - Lorenzo Savadori has undergone a surgery this afternoon at the “Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma”. The procedure has been performed by Prof. Francesco Pogliacomi with Doctors Luca Guardoli and Emanuele Ciccarone, members of the equipe directed by Prof. Enrico Vaienti, with the support of Doc. Michele Zasa, Clinica Mobile Sanitary Director.
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The surgery has been perfectly successful, and the rider will start the recovery straight away, in order to come back racing as soon as possible.
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