Lorenzo to miss remainder of home Catalan Grand Prix after heavy Friday fall. MotoGP newcomer Jorge Lorenzo, who fractured both ankles during a huge highside in Shanghai on May 2, has been ruled out from the rest of this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix after sustaining injuries during a further sharp fall on Friday afternoon.
The winner of the Estoril race, which is third in the World Championship positions - 28 points behind team-mate Valentino Rossi - lost control of his M1 to 130 kilometers per hour across the penultimate right hand turn after only nine minutes in the afternoon hour.
The Fiat Yamaha pilot hit the ground hard on his back before sustaining more blows as he fell at the bottom end of the excess across the gravel.
Lorenzo was initially taken to the Clinica Mobile - which confirmed that at least no more damage was done to their ankles - but further checks at a hospital in Barcelona confirmed the new head and hand injuries.
Doctor Xavier Mir at the University Dexeus Institute in Barcelona gave the following statement:
"I can confirm that Lorenzo may not compete this weekend after doing tests here at the Institut Dexeus have confirmed the following injuries:
"1. He suffered head injuries and lost consciousness. We had a neurological examination with a CT and an MRI and we can confirm that there is no haemotoma cranial or haemorrage. But now he needs to stay under observation for between 48 and 72 hours to see how it develops.
"2. Speaker suffered an injury to the 4 and 5 finger in his right hand, where it has lost a little skin. It also has an abrasion of the extensor tendon. We have to see how it develops but this could be possible he needs a little skin grafting.
"3. Other grazes and bruises."
Team manager Daniele Romagnoli said that there was no clear reason why Lorenzo lost control and added that - after walking wounded during the last three rounds - Jorge hopes will take the time to properly recover from his latest setback.
MotoGP >> Rossi: You slide so much at Catalunya!
"This is one of the most difficult tracks for the surface; you slide so much!" Valentino Rossi. Only five days after his thrilling victory at home Mugello, Valentino Rossi returned to track for Friday free practice in Catalunya - which ended in third place, but just 0.073secs from pace setter and MotoGP World Championship rival Dani Pedrosa.
After heavy rain overnight the track was still wet in places this morning, especially in the long start / end rectum, which is dwarfed by the huge rostrum Montmelo.
The rain meant that the track very slippery had even less grip than usual - mobilize to seven riders fall - and Rossi spent the day testing Bridgestone tyres and refinement of fixing the M1 to adapt to the demands of the circuit , With better traction on a priority.
The Fiat Yamaha star, travelling in a livery, was consistently fast throughout the day, finishing second in the first and third practice this afternoon, when the drier surface means that times were more than half a second faster than those of this morning.
"We have a tough job here because this is one of the toughest tracks on the surface; you slide so much!" He said. "It's very important to try to find the best traction for the acceleration of long areas, so we tried a lot of different tyres today, to try to understand what is going to help us most. The grip is worse than usual today because of rain and overnight so this is making it even more difficult, more with Bridgestone I need a good driving style different from last year so we have to think about it too . Establishing Mugello is more or less well as a base but the important thing is traction and at this point we still have to improve this. "
Rossi's special livery is to show support for the Italian national football team during the next European Championship. Rossi blue color scheme was supplemented by their skins, which are designed to make it look like a 'Azzurro' himself, with football shorts, shirt and socks.
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