Wounded Sunday in a motocross race where a bad landing sent him to highside, Andrea Dovizioso was able to be operated quickly, a team having been assembled at the Modena hospital in the space of three hours, ready to welcome him. In the evening, the fracture of his left collarbone was reduced and fixed with a plate and six screws. Professor Giuseppe Porcellini already expressed his satisfaction this Monday morning on the medical assessment which could be drawn up after this night of hospitalization, judging the state of the pilot “excellent” from a clinical point of view.
The doctor also said he was confident about the possibility that the Ducati driver will recover in time so as not to miss the first meetings of a heavily delayed championship. At midday, the Italian team said that Dovizioso would immediately start treatment and that he would indeed be in Jerez for the Grand Prix which will take place there from 17 to 19 July.
“The intervention went well, and I would like to thank the entire medical team who performed this operation so quickly”, testified Andrea Dovizioso, who was able to leave the hospital this morning. “I’m not in a lot of pain and that makes me very optimistic. I came home this morning and I’m going to plan my recovery in the afternoon. I am confident that I will recover during these few days. weeks and my chances of getting back in shape in time for the first 2020 Grand Prix in Jerez. “
“We are trying, of course. Medicine is not an exact science”, warned Dr Porcellini this morning, also confident despite everything about the chances of seeing # 4 on track at Jerez. “From a muscular point of view, he will get there, and the motorcycle riders then have a little something extra, they tolerate the pain better, so I think he will get there.”
At Ducati, we can assure you: despite this unhappy end of the day, authorizing the driver to participate in this race was not a decision to be regretted. “Even if we know that motocross is an activity that presents various risks, we authorized Andrea to participate in this regional race because he explained to us that he needed to find these stimulations and these sensations that only a real competition can transmit. “, explique Paolo Ciabatti. “On the other hand, motocross is the discipline with which many MotoGP riders train regularly, so in the end we have to feel relieved that the injury did not have any serious consequences and that Andrea can be normally at start of the 2020 championship in Jerez. “
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