Alvaro Bautista left the Donington venue, scene of the latest match on the WSBK season calendar, with mixed feelings, but, above all, a swollen right hand. An injury following his fall during race 1 which caused him to lose 20 points which his opponents were happy to recover, thus reducing his lead in the title race. A disappointment that he counterbalanced the next day during the two other competitions where the Ducati rider showed that he had matured since 2019 by giving a solid performance. But the hand was still swollen and painful...
A swollen hand means difficult to analyze x-rays whileAlvaro Bautista admitted that he was able to give his good performance in race 2 thanks to painkillers. Because during the morning sprint race, half as long, he suffered martyrdom.
Alvaro Bautista was reassured and Ducati too
So he went to see his doctors this Tuesday to find out more. The hand had become less swollen and, according to information read on speedweek, there is no need to worry about any fracture. At this stage, Alvaro Bautista should therefore be able to participate in this weekend's race of champions during the high mass WDW in Misano, which the brand which employs him organizes, while his presence at the next round of the WSBK in Most, in the Czech Republic, for the last weekend of July, is not to be doubted.
