MotoGP Le Mans France: Valentino Rossi worries about his brother Marini and castigates Dunlop

This is the major fact in the Moto2 category of this French Grand Prix. After experiencing a FP1 marked by a crash and a confidence impossible to build in the rain, Luca Marini, the championship leader, hoped to wipe the slate clean during the afternoon FP2. Promised to be dry at the end of the exercise. But Valentino Rossi's brother will not have had the opportunity to check it. As soon as he began his exercise, he fell again, but much more violently. An impressive highside which logically shook him… Valentino too...

The images speak for themselves and we say that the consequences could have been worse. Luca marini presented an impressive figure that took him to the medical center and, from there, to the hospital. He first got up alone and walked a few steps, but the Sky VR46 pilot then needed the marshals to be evacuated from the track.

In front of the medical center, his brother Valentino Rossi was already waiting for him, long before his arrival. He commented on this fall which was not the only one on this wet Friday on the Bugatti: “ but what the hell do they have for tires? ". The stone is thus clearly thrown at Dunlop, manufacturer of the category, as of a Moto3 who counted up 17 falls during his FP1…

A possible micro-fracture of the malleolus

Otherwise, regarding the state of health of Luca Marini, we learned on Sky Sport that the landing on his back was violent and that he hit his left ankle. The leader of Moto2 was taken to hospital for a CT scan for a possible micro-fracture of the malleolus. Paul Grandson, the team manager added: “ fortunately Luca doesn't have a headache, but his foot is a little swollen, he took a good hit ». Valentino Rossi closely monitor his brother's condition...