WSBK Assen J3, Loris Baz: "my first thought is for Michael Van Der Mark because I was right behind him when he fell and it was a very bad fall"

Seven weeks after he was left with a damaged right fibula, fractures to his right ankle and a complex ligament injury, Loris Baz was on his BMW in Assen. The memory left by Alex Lowes in Mandalika still worried the doctors enough for them to grant their discharge only after re-visits at the end of the test sessions, but the Frenchman held his ground. However, between technical problems and a fall, nothing was easy for the 30-year-old Bonovo driver who also witnessed live the terrible fall of his companion Van der Mark. Enough to cool more than one person.

It is moreover towards the Dutchman that the Frenchman’s first thoughts go: “ I'm fine, but my first thought is for Michael, because I was right behind him when he fell and it was a very bad fall ", said Loris Baz Sunday evening on speedweek. " I know what he went through and it's really sad to see him in this situation again.. I wish him a speedy recovery and hope he returns soon ". He will still have to recover from a compound fracture of the thigh following the impact with the ground, which was surgically treated on Sunday.

On his case, the tricolor comments on a meeting started from the 13th rank of the Super poles and lived in the 17th of the first race on Saturday, before experiencing engine failure in the Superpole race and falling in the second race on Sunday… " During the Superpole race we had a technical problem, so I didn't do a single lap he says. " We had to change the engine between Superpole and the main race and the new engine didn't look like the old one, so I lost time in the first laps ».

**Loris Baz: “ It's been a tough weekend, really tough, but we're going to keep going »**

« In the last fast left turn, I had already gone too far three or four laps in a row and I was afraid of falling there. So I was really trying to stay on the line, and I fell right there. I'm sorry for the team because the bike was destroyed » specifies the teammate gerloff. Then he admits: “ if you don't feel 100% fit all weekend, obviously you're pushing a little in places because I couldn't move ».

He finishes : " I tried to take a few points. And I was quite quick considering my current forme. It's been a tough weekend, really tough, but we're going to keep going. Scott Redding showed that the bike was capable of more than us. For sure I will feel better in Barcelona. I hope I can get back to my normal speed there ". See you on May 5 and 7 to check it all out.