The Italian Franco Morbidelli This Thursday he obtained the medical ‘fit’ to return to competition 38 days after the serious accident suffered in Portimao during a private training session with a Ducati Superbike and will rejoin the activity this Friday with the remaining 22 official riders. It will be remembered that in 2023 the 22 starting drivers cannot line up at the same time in any of the 41 races held because there is always at least one injured driver.
Unlike his teammates, not only did he go through the entire preseason, but he has never ridden a motorcycle of any kind and he has to be careful with his physical preparation: “I will hesitate even if things are not working. out.” from the beginning, I knew I had to learn,” he said
Morbidelli suffered a fatal accident on January 30 during a private test at Portimao in a Panigale V4. He attended training with his teammates from the VR46 Academy and the Márquez brothers also signed up. And it was the quick intervention of those from Cervera, who witnessed the accident at turn 6, that prevented the injury from getting worse due to the position in which he was left after the violent blow to the head that occurred. He was evacuated on a stretcher to Faro hospital and spent several days under observation before being discharged and returned to Tavullia.
He missed the entire preseason because neurologists advised him to avoid resuming sports activities for a month and he missed the preseason in an important year for him as he moved from Yamaha to Ducati. And the deadline can only be met this Friday in Qatar.
“The injury was severe, and I couldn’t train or run, I had to be careful. The best thing was that nothing happened that the doctors were afraid of. The injury was strange. I didn’t even touch the gravel, my head just hit the ground ,” he said this Thursday in Lusail.
35 days after his accident, at the last medical check-up before flying to Doha this Tuesday he was discharged from his doctors. He is awaiting a final check-up on Thursday with MotoGP’s medical officer, Dr. Ángel Charte, for the final ‘fit’
Source: La Verdad
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