As we feared him yesterday, Brad Binder, transported to Barcelona after his heavy fall on the handlebars of his KTM Moto2 at turn 10 of the Valencia circuit, was diagnosed with a fracture of the left radius and wrist.
The South African driver underwent an operation at the Dexeus Institute in Barcelona to have a pin fitted, and now all he has to do is wait out the winter break.
Same conclusion for another rookie in Moto2, Jorge Navarro, whose story is however much more curious…
Indeed, while we thought yesterday that the fall at turn 8 was the cause of the dislocation of the left shoulder of the Federal Oil Gresini driver, this is not the case!
It is even the opposite, as evidenced by its press release: “The test was already going very well: we had just made a change in the bike's settings and I felt comfortable, then, when braking for turn 8, I felt my left shoulder dislocated. I ended up in the loophole then, when I got to the gravel, it was difficult to keep control of the bike because I had no strength, and I crashed, but without consequences. I have already encountered this problem several times during the season, due to an old injury. In fact, I had already scheduled surgery for December 1st. Unfortunately the problem appeared again today and I'm really sorry because I won't be able to continue the test. Now I am looking forward to the surgery to recover as soon as possible and resume in the best possible way my adaptation to this category”.
In terms of other bad news, we will cite, even if he is no longer really in MotoGP, the Nicky Hayden injured at Jerez tests, while conversely, we will salute the return of Alex Rins to his home after its heavy fall on the Suzuki handlebars during official post-GP tests in Valencia during which he damaged the T8 and T12 thoracic vertebrae.
As we see, a corset immobilizes his thorax and his damaged vertebrae.
For all these pilots, the two-month winter break which begins on December 1st is welcome!
