The team Premium Pramac has only confirmed the worst omens for Franco Morbidellithe Italian driver who was helped by the Márquez brothers after suffering a serious accident on January 30 in a private test in Portimao with the Panigale V4 in which all the pilots of the VR46 Academy participated, together with his mentor Valentino Rossi, and the Marquez brothers. He misses the entire preseason. The neurologists advised him to avoid resuming sports activities before three weeks and that means that he will not only miss the test in Sepang, where he is expected for the last day, but also the test in Lusail and therefore will attend the first Qatar GP on March 10 without riding his Ducati GP24 this year.
Here’s the team’s statement:
“After the dramatic fall suffered in a private test in Portimao last week, Franco Morbidelli underwent further examination by Prof. Franco Servadei (neurologist) and Dr. Roberto Donati. Despite being in good general condition, the Prima Pramac Racing driver to undergo a complete medical examination before deciding whether or not to go to Sepang.”
“Following the results of several tests, which indicated a good overall clinical picture, Professor Franco Servadei recommended, as a precautionary measure, that Morbidelli refrain from continuing sports activities for the next three week. Because of this, Franco will not be able to participate in the next official test in Qatar (February 19 and 20)”.
“His return to the track is expected for the first MotoGP race on the 20th”
Recently, both in an event in Indonesia and in Sepang itself, Marc Márquez recounted the magnitude of the ‘Morbido’ accident in which he witnessed and was the first to help him with his brother Àlex who arrived after him: “Alex and I helped Franco. We are rivals, but we are friends. We tested in Portimão, we saw a red flag and we were the first to arrive between turns eight and nine. We saw that Franco was unconscious in the escape area and in a strange position, head held high,” he explained.
” Álex and I immediately stopped. We left our bikes on the ground and ran to Franco to turn him around because when you lose consciousness and look at the sky, it’s dangerous, you can’t breathe properly. We opened his suit. and helmet .Then we waited for the team doctor and when he arrived we returned to the box.
Source: La Verdad
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