Italian Grand Prix Mugello MotoGP: Reassuring news for Michele Pirro who regained consciousness when his shoulder was put back in place.

According to our information, and according to that given by Neil Morrison who officiates at crash.net, no consequences are to be feared for Michelle Pirro even if, as is customary after such an accident, the Italian driver will spend the night at the Carreggi hospital in Florence.

The sporting director of the Italian team, Paolo ciabatti, brings reassuring news: “Michele is thankfully better than expected after her horrific accident. There is no neurological damage, nor damage to the spine. We are quite relieved after seeing the red flag, the footage of the accident, the ambulances, the medical car with the doctor, and he was unconscious lying in the gravel when they got there. He had a dislocated shoulder, so when they put it back in place, it was so painful for him that he woke up! And luckily from there, things thankfully looked slightly better. And as I said, fortunately it’s not as serious as we unfortunately feared.”

As to the cause of the accident (locking of the front wheel), no hypothesis has yet been put forward: « We do not know yet. We must find the reason. I haven't gone back to the garage yet, but I'm going to go there and try to see if we already have an explanation for the accident, an obvious explanation or not.

In the images, we can clearly see the front wheel being blocked by the mark left on the ground. As is often the case at Mugello, Michele Pirro's Ducati had previously suffered violent handling. This sometimes has the effect of moving the pads away from the discs and drivers are used to taking up this play gradually.