Luis Salom in the top three at Brno

The World Championship has returned to Europe for the tenth round of the year in Moto3. On the first day of the event, Luis Salom battled against an injury to his left foot and placed amongst the top three fastest of the day, with a time of 2:08.877. Arthur Sissis —fourteenth— and Zulfahmi Khairuddin —twenty-fourth— undertook their first setup changes for the Czech Republic GP.

On Wednesday he was diagnosed with a partial break of the heel of his left foot, from the crash suffered last Saturday in Indianapolis. This did not prevent Luis Salom from riding his KTM in practice on Friday. He took part in the opening session and also placed second in it, with a 2:09.506 lap 17 milliseconds off the top spot —the fastest time.

The second free practice session of the day saw Salom able to lead part of the runout. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider saw himself capable of improving his times, but late traffic prevented that in the end.

Tomorrow will see the starting grid for Sunday decided. Last year, the qualifying session was good for Zulfahmi Khairuddin and Luis Salom, with first and second row starts, respectively.

Luis Salom
“Today was a positive day of practice. My foot still hurts a lot and although it is a little less inflamed, when I have to change gears is when I suffer most. This is the situation and we cannot do anything but work hard and wait to see how the pain goes. Regarding the bike, I’m happy, we are improving a lot, everything is working pretty well. On Sunday I will see if I need an injection or not, but so far today I have not received one.
I want to thank all the doctors who treated me, both in Indianapolis and here in Brno, because without their help I could not ride with the severe pain in my foot. I am also grateful to the whole team, as they are doing a very good job and can help make it an important week for me.”

Source: Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport