Heavy crash leaves Bautista injured and puts final day of testing in doubt
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Up to that point Bautista had been making good progress with his Showa suspension and found some interesting solutions before losing the front at turn 5 and hitting the air fence at high speed.
The Spaniard sustained slight fractures to the fourth and fifth fingers on his left hand and suffered a right knee strain. An assessment of his fitness will be made tomorrow morning before a decision is made on his participation in the final day of the test.
Alvaro Bautista (1’40.686 – 35 laps) “We didn’t need the crash, because we were having a good day and getting a lot of work done together with Showa. The latest updates were working well, but we didn’t get to finish the programme we had planned. It’s a shame, but the only consolation is that we would have had to stop shortly afterwards anyway because of the rain.
Unfortunately I ended up with fractures to two of my fingers and a sprained knee after ending up under the air fence with the right leg which has put the final day of the test in doubt. We will let the Clinica Mobile doctors assess my condition in the morning and take it from there.”
Source: Gresini Racing
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