“Very lucky” Brit rider explains damage after terrifying Macau GP smash
Matt Stevenson details his condition from hospiꩵtal bed
Matt Stevenson admitted he was “very lucky” to avꦛoid significant 🍌injuries after crashing at the Macau Grand Prix.
Stevenson was involved in a scary incident early on 🌄Saturday🅷 morning during qualifying for the road racing event in China.
He was swiftly hospitalised after his crash 📖and has since provided details about his condition.
He wrote from his hospital bed: “Spinal update! Hardly any pain at all this morning, must be hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱𒊎ᩚᩚᩚealing well.
“Minimal concussion as far as I can t💟ell🌺, so that's pretty lucky as well!
“Left forearm and right shoulder are very so♓re th𝔉ough…
“Can get my arms above my head and straight⛦en t𓂃hem both out and stuff (been doing some yoga). Heavy tissue damage at most.
“Don’t know how I didn't pull my neck at all.
“Feel like I could easily get up and walk a🌳bout. Not allo🐈wed to though.
“Not even allowed to sit up i꧟n bed, or get out of bed at all, it’s only allowed up to 30 degrees.
“All being well they will have me a spinal brace made up for Monday at༺ some point, they didn't have one in stock for some lanky 6’4 European.
“So fingers crossed I’ll be back home in no time.
“Massiveﷺ thanks for all the support, calls and kind messages!”
The Mac꧙au Grand Prix was cancelled on Saturday night due to wet weather. The qualifying ses🔜sion, when Stevenson crashed, was the only motorcycle session of the week.
His team, Dafabet Racing, confirmed: “The unseasonal weather 👍ha✅s stopped our final race of the year.
“[The] rain can only be described as a monsoon and has not stopped all day. We have now packed up to start making the journey home. Thank you to all sponsors and followers. Matt will fix soon.🔜”
Stevenson posted footage of hisꩲ scary crash to social☂ media.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade co꧋vering everything from Ameriꦏcan sports, to football, to F1.
