Life is not a long, quiet river for the tenacious Arón Canet, who had started the season very well with two top 5 finishes in Jerez and pole position in Styria.
At Le Mans, after having surgery for compartment syndrome a few days earlier, the Aspar driver unfortunately fell during the warm-up of the French Grand Prix and got up with a serious injury to his left hand.
Skipping the French round, the Spanish rookie from Corbera headed to the Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona where he underwent successful surgery on Monday October 12 on his left little finger by Dr. Xavier Mir, the department's trauma specialist. medical Quirónsalud of MotoGP.
The young Moto2 rider was operated on for an open fracture-dislocation of the two interphalangeal joints of the little finger of the left hand, with loss of bone, tendon and skin substance, according to information from Dr. Mir provided by the Aspar team.
The operation performed by Dr. Mir was a complete success and the pilot underwent bone fixation and vascularized skin grafting using microsurgical techniques.
Arón Canet is expected to remain in the hospital for at least 48 hours with intravenous antibiotic treatment.
Unfortunately, the Aspar team announced this evening that the unfortunate Spaniard will not take part in this weekend's Moto2 race in Aragón. It will be replaced by Xavi Cardelus.
