Suzuki’s Spaniard absent from the San Marino GP on 4 September: the exams following Zeltweg’s flight revealed a fracture in his right ankle with involvement of the ligament. He’ll need two weeks off and try to return to Aragon
No Misano GP for Joan Mir, who crashed in the first lap of the MotoGP Austrian GP in Zeltweg: the Suzuki Spaniard has a right ankle injury with ligament involvement, he will have to take 15 days of rest and could be back in the race no sooner of Aragon.
injuries to the ankle and ligament
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After the first tests, on the track, showed a small fracture in the heel and right ankle, the further tests carried out by the Spaniard have better clarified the extent of the injury. Visited by Dr. Juan Garcías at the Juaneda Miramar hospital in Palma de Mallorca, the CT scan and the MRI showed “talus-calcaneal-navicular ligament injuries with grade I – II instability”, as per Suzuki’s official communication, which adds that the pilot now “will undergo other tests to assess the situation after the 15 days of rest, to determine the cycle of treatment and, if deemed suitable, try to race at the Motorland in Aragon on 18 September”.
“trust for aragon”
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In the next few days Suzuki and Dorna will evaluate the best solution to understand who to put on the track at Misano instead of Joan Mir. The Spaniard said he was “confident of being able to return to Aragon and grateful to Dainese and AGV for protecting him and avoiding a more serious injury in Sunday’s hard crash”. Livio Suppo, the Suzuki team manager, commented on the episode: “I am very sorry for Joan, problems continue to arise in this difficult season, but in any case we must remain optimistic. The crash was really bad and in the end the The injury is serious, but it could have been worse, so let’s stay positive and see how he will be able to recover in the next 15 days to hope to be ready for Aragon. “
23 August 2022 – 20:53
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