Another broken bone, another MotoGP rider ruled out after Sepang chaos

Fabio di Giannantonio injury confirmed after Sepang testꦓing incident

Fabio Di Giannantonio
Fabio Di Giannantonio

VR46 Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Di Giannantonio has been ruled out of the rest of the Sepang MotoGP test after f▨racturing his collarbone in a crash on Wꦜednesday.

The Italian wa🌃s forced into a winter of recovery after electing to miss the final two rounds of the 2024 season to have surgery on a shoulder he dislocated at ཧthe Austrian Grand Prix.

Getting back up to full fitness ahead of this pre-season, Di Giannantonio only returned to track action at Mandalika last week f🍃or a private track day on a Panigale V4♌ Ducati.

On Wednesday at the Sepang test, he was one🐠 of several fallers, th💙ough was initially reported as ‘OK’ by his VR46 team.

VR46 has now confirmed that Di Giannantonio suffered a fracture to his collarbone and will head home to Italy for su🍎rgery - ruling him out of the rest of the test.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia rep𒁃orts that theܫ injury came after second crash at Turn 5 during the practice start session at the end of the day.

“Fabio Di Giannantonio has been diagnosed with a left collarbone fracture following his Turn 5 crash at Sepang⛎ 🌳Test,” a brief statement read.

“The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team rider will fly back tonight to Italy to undergo su🎐rgery.”

Di Giannantonio is one of onl👍y three riders with a GP25 Ducati this season, and missed his first opportunity to try the bike in Barcelona last November due to his shoulder surgery.

With just a week to go until the next test in Buriram, Di Giannantonio has a tight turnaround to b🔯e fit to get some vital track time on the GP25 before theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ season starts in Thailand.

Despite his crash, he was seventh fastestꦗ at the end of Wednesday’s running having completed 49 laps.

He is o🔥ne of three ඣriders heading home after day one of testing due to injury.

Most notably, reigning world champion Jorge Martin will return to Sp🍃ain for surgery on multiple fractures after a heavy crash on his Aprilia.

Trackh💙ouse Aprilia rider Raul Fernandez will a🐻lso sit out the rest of the test as he returns him for surgery on a left hand fracture.

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