Bad injury for a MotoGP rider, who will be forced to go under the knife. He won’t be back on track before August.
We have now entered the decisive phase of the season MotoGP, in which the points lost or gained can only be fundamental. The reliability of the motorbike and its ability to be competitive on the greatest number of tracks can only play a fundamental role, but it is equally important that whoever rides it is in top physical shape. Not being so, in fact, can also have a decisive influence on performance.
There can therefore only be a strong regret when an injury occurs, not only when it does not allow you to perform at your best, but above all when this can even lead to a stoppage. This is what happened to a centaur, who was even forced to go under the knife, even though it was the worst case scenario and which he hoped to avoid. It is unlikely that he will return to the track before August.
MotoGP, stop for the rider: now the operation is needed
But what MotoGP rider is forced to have surgery and therefore won’t be able to get back on his two-wheeler at least for a while? The reference is to Cal Crutchlow, who was supposed to take part in the Italian Grand Prix scheduled for Mugello in the first weekend of June as announced by Yamaha as a wild card, but that won’t be the case. Based on the programs that had been prepared by the Japanese team, the 38 year old should have also competed at Silverstone and Misano, which is why the setback he suffered can only make him saddened.
The physical problem was communicated by the team itself, sorry not to be able to count on the contribution of a centaur with experience like his. “Cal Crutchlow will not take part in the Italian GP as a wild card, Yamaha is sorry to have to announce this – we read in the note -. The test rider had pain in his right hand and underwent an operation to resolve the problem. Competing for him in the next Grand Prix, however, is impossible.”
Yamaha strongly believes in the contribution that Crutchlow can make, which is why he didn’t hesitate to choose to focus on him as a test driver already in 2020, the year in which he said goodbye to Jorge Lorenzo. In fact, the Brit manages to direct the team as best as possible modifications that must be made to the motorcycle under development, as well as having been instrumental in convincing Fabio Quartararo to renew his contract.
However, his role is not limited to being behind the scenes, as often happens, and this is what gratifies him most. In 2021 and 2022, in fact, he was called on several occasions to replace the “starting” driversto the point of playing ten matches, a not so usual circumstance for those in charge.
Barring “miracles”, we are unlikely to see him before Augustcertainly this is a setback that was not needed both for the person concerned and for the Japanese, protagonists of a rather unfortunate season so far.
