It's nothing to say that Lorenzo Baldassari really scared us, on the Assen side. The Italian from the Forward team has indeed performed the antics of this season, dethroning that suffered by Bagnaia, a few minutes earlier, during the same Dutch Grand Prix testing. But the driver, who is turning 21, pulled out all the stops: red flag, loss of consciousness, doctors on the track, and all that. He is the first to laugh about it today and only thinks about returning to the competition in Brno.
In an interview with GP One, the teammate of Luca marini recounts his ordeal with a certain detachment. Morale of steel, a character that speaks volumes and an accident which allows him, paradoxically, to evacuate what actually undermines him the most: his lackluster start to the season...
Ranked on the starting line among the possible favorites for the crown at stake, Baldassarri From the start he experienced physical problems before seeing checkered results. Three withdrawals and two forfeits, that's for the worst. Two fourth places in Argentina and Catalonia, here's to the best. Overall, a fourteenth place in the championship with 39 points. Very skinny, indeed...
On his Batavian fall, he explains: “ I was in fifth gear at 200 km/h. I bit the wet white stripe. But I don't remember much except that the airbag went off. In the evening, I texted Dr. Zasa at the mobile clinic saying I would try running the next day. He replied: “That’s nice but I don’t think I’ll allow it. "".
If there was a time for this kind of event, it couldn't have come at a better time, since the summer break is currently underway: “ It's good that it's like this because I would have tried to get back on the handlebars as quickly as possible. Right now, with my ankle, I can't even take a bath. As for training, it's impossible also because of my chest ».
« But next week, we're going to take stock and they should remove the three screws in my ankle. There's a little less than a month left and I'm still on crutches. I am regaining mobility with my ankle. I will be back in Brno for a second part of the season where I will play for the podium ».
That's all the bad we wish him.
