Lorenzo breaks collarbone
The reigning world champion was snapped over the bars at over 200km/h in the wet practice session at Assen, and will now sit out the remainder of the eventSpaniard Jorge Lorenzo will miss the balance of the Assen MotoGP round after breaking his left collarbone in the second practice session on June 27.
After being the fastest rider in opening practice, the Assen TT went pear shaped in the afternoon’s wet session when he had a huge highside on the fastest corner of the track. The fracture will now require surgery, and he’ll be looking to return at the next GP in Germany from July 12-14.
“Jorge has suffered an accident at over 200km/h and the obvious injury at this point is a broken left clavicle,” said Dr. Xavier Mir. “However, as this was a significant accident, we have to take into account that there could also be head, thoracic or abdominal injuries.
“For now, we have taken him to hospital in Assen where CT scans will be carried out in those three areas to rule out any further injuries. It would also be a prudent move to observe him over 12 hours to make sure he can be treated by the appropriate parties when he arrives in Barcelona tomorrow.”
In November 2009, Lorenzo underwent a small operation for the removal of a titanium plate from the same collarbone. This had been fitted following a crash in the 250 race at Catalunya in 2005, after which his shoulder was injured again in a Valencia off-season testing accident.
Briton Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) was second fastest in day one practice -- which really means fastest now that Lorenzo is out of the picture -- ahead of Marc Marquez (Honda), Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) and Dani Pedrosa (Honda).
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