Cal Crutchlow is part of the trio of injured people for whom this Andalusian Grand Prix in Jerez will not be a walk in the park. For the Honda LCR driver, it is with a freshly operated left scaphoid that he will have to deal with. His journey, he knows, will be nothing but suffering. However, as he is one of these incredible men who compete in Grand Prix, he will go into battle gritting his teeth...
For the second consecutive week, the circuit of Jerez welcomes the MotoGP category for a Andalusian Grand Prix unpublished. Although he had surgery for a broken wrist earlier this week, Cal Crutchlow, the LCR Honda rider, took part in free practice after being declared fit to race on Thursday. Like his colleagues alex rins, to the repaired clavicle and Marc Marquez to the operated humerus. But the latter will only go on the track tomorrow, Saturday.
The Briton had to have surgery on his left scaphoid on Tuesday, but he broke through the pain barrier today on the very first day of the second meeting of a 13-race calendar. He obviously wasn't in his best form due to his injury, but he remained competitive as he finished 20th in FP1 before improving in the afternoon session to take 19th place . This left him 20th in the combined times, but the 34-year-old was just happy to be able to compete again.
Crutchlow will go through with the effort
« It was good to get back on track today with a good feeling on the bike, to be honest » assures the Englishman. “ The team and Honda were very relaxed with me to see if I could ride. I showed that it is possible to ride a motorcycle, even if the feeling is a bit strange. My wrist doesn't hurt that much and when I do, I'm just trying to deal with it as best as possible ».
« I feel like my condition on the bike is not great after last week's accident, but we will continue to work over the weekend to get me a little more comfortable. The surgeon, Dr. Mir, did a good job and, tapart from keeping ice on my wrist over the weekend to reduce the inflammation, I'm going to grit my teeth and try to do my best on the bike ". They are true heroes...
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