After being injured during the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Ratthapark Wilairot nevertheless participated in Le Mans, Mugello and Barcelona despite severe pain in his left thumb... with a fractured metacarpus in his left thumb revealed by radios in Mugello.
Having returned to undergo surgery in Thailand after the Catalan Grand Prix, the Idemitsu Honda driver will therefore be withdrawn from Assen and will return for the German Grand Prix.
After Loris Baz, Jorge Navarro et Hiroki Ono, he will therefore be the 4th driver to have to skip the Dutch round of the World Championship.
Furthermore, the Thai driver is expected at the
8 Hours of Suzuka with the Honda Toho Racing team on July 30 and 31, which shouldn't be a problem.
But this will not necessarily be the case official pre-Suzuka tests, which will take place from July 4 to 6...
