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Since a violent fall in Aragón, circumstances still under investigation at KTM, Pol Espargaró has been living with a fractured left wrist. Logically withdrawing from the Grand Prix which marked the fourteenth meeting on the season calendar, the official from Mattighofen began his race against time to attempt the trip to the next stage in Thailand. A challenge that is done in rhythm, the proof…

More than 60 hours after wrist surgery, here is Pol Espargaro already focused on his rehabilitation. How ? While playing the piano. A good exercise to work on mobility and a talent that we didn't really know about.

It's a little reassuring for KTM who finds himself without a starting driver in the middle of the season, since his second resident Johann zarco had been sidelined before the Aragón Grand Prix. Only the test pilot Mika Kallio is currently in charge within the official team.

That being said, playing the piano and riding a MotoGP are not the same music and KTM does not want to make a false note. In this regard, on the subject of the accident we comment at KTM : " the accelerator was almost closed ". Traction control therefore did not intervene when the rear wheel slipped suddenly. “ We still have to analyze exactly what happened. We can't blame Pol, he was neither too fast nor too slow in this "sequence", everything was as usual. This is what the data shows. » The Grand Prix of Thailand will begin on October 4.

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