E♉ugene Laverty says he is optimistic to make a 100 per cent recovery from the double wrist injury that forced him out of the latest World Superbike Championship round atꩵ Imola.

The Irishman fractured both wrists as he came down from a high-side on the exit of Acqua Minerale during first free practice for round five of the season. It was later confirmed the crash was caused by traction control issues on his Go Eꦺleven Ducati.

Flown to Barcelona to undergo treatment with the help of Dr. Xavier Mir, a specialist 🧔in hand and wrist injuries often used by riders, Laverty has gone under the knife to correct his right ꦕwrist with another surgery on his left wrist to come.

“We’re in Barcelona hospital for my second surgery,” he said speaking in a video posted to Twitter from his hospital bed. “I had an operation on my right wrist on Saturday, the one I was most ꧑worried about – there were seven fractures inside, three pretty big one!

“Dr Mir has come to my rescue and done a hell of ♒a job, so I am more relaxed about that and I am sure it is going to be OK.”

“Now I have tꦑo think about this one [left wrist], 🧸that will be the second surgery and there is going to be three procedures on this one. We couldn’t do them both together because it would have been something like a six-hour operation, which I don’t think the body can accept!

“Not ideal but I am hopeful of a 100 per cent recovery, jus𒉰t the🍨se things happen, unfortunately in the last couple of years they have happened to me.