Thread: GP of Catalunya

It's the GP of Catalunya, Spain which is the home grand prix of Jorge Lorenzo and things doesn't go his way lately. He suffered another big crash during testing yesterday and it doesn't look good.

Doctor Xavier Mir of the University Institut Dexeus in Barcelona commented as follows:
`I can confirm that Lorenzo will not be able to compete this weekend, after the tests done here at the Institut Dexeus confirmed the following injuries:
`1. He suffered head trauma and lost consciousness. We made a neurological examination with a CAT scan and an MRI scan and from this we can confirm that there is no cranial haemotoma or haemorrage. However, he now needs to stay under observation for between 48 and 72 hours to see how this develops.
2. He sustained an injury to the 4th and 5th finger on the right hand, where he has lost some skin. He also has an abrasion of the extensor tendon. We need to see how this develops but it could be possible that he needs a small skin graft.?
Daniele Romagnoli, Team Manager

`Unfortunately today Jorge suffered another crash and it's clear that the luck is not with him at the moment. This morning we had a good session and things were going very well, we'd found a good base set up from which to work and we were quite happy with our progress. Then this afternoon started well but sadly after four laps we had another crash when Jorge lost the front at turn 11. He was going 130 km/h so it was quite a fast crash, but we checked the data and we can't see that he made any particular mistake. We were trying some different tyres and bike settings from the morning and we were feeling quite happy about how things were going so it's a great pity. Luckily he's avoided any further injury to his ankles, but the head injury means that he must undergo a period of rest and not take any further risks. We are very disappointed for Jorge, but the important thing now is that he has some rest and takes time to recover properly.?

Good god son, take a day off!!!! He needs to heal up and at least get to 80-90%

Like Rossi's retro style bike .. mind the soccer tenue.

I won't talk about any results yet.

Pedrosa was indeed on a league of his own. Especially the first 7 or 8 laps. Thats the advantage you have for driving a home GP.

Rossi had troubles to get to pace during quali and also at the start of the race but showed again why he's a multi world champion by outbraking one after the other. Also when he passed Stoner 2 laps from the end and created a small gap even though Stoner's bike was much faster on the straight.

Race results:


1 D. Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 43:02.175
2 V. Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Team + 2.806
3 C. Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team + 3.343
4 A. Dovizioso JiR Scot Racing Team + 10.893
5 C. Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 16.426
6 J. Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 21.482
7 C. Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 21.548
8 N. Hayden Repsol Honda Team + 22.280
9 S. Nakano Honda Gresini + 22.375
10 J. Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team + 46.845
11 M. Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team + 57.991
12 A. West Kawasaki Racing Team + 59.168
13 S. Guintoli Team Alice + 1:00.779
NOT FINISHED
14 R. de Puniet Honda LCR + 14 ronde(n)
15 A. de Angelis Honda Gresini + 15 ronde(n)
16 L. Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 15 ronde(n)
17 T. Elias Team Alice + 17 ronde(n)