Francesco Bagnaia after accident: “I went home, immediately prepared to return at Misano”
At the Cata🎀lunya MotoGP, the world champion violently ℱhighsided then was struck in the legs by Brad Binder while he lay on the ground.
He ♔thankfully avoided major injuryও and remarkably could ride just days later, at this weekend’s San Marino MotoGP, a homecoming for Bagnaia and Ducati.
"On Sunday night, I went back home with the💖 team, and after getting some rest, I immediately started preparing to be ready to return to the track in Misano,” Bag🏅naia said.
“On Thursd꧒ay, I will undergo the medical checkup at the circuit, and if, as I hope, the doctors give me the OK𒅌, I will be able to get on track on Friday for the first practice of my home Grand Prix.
“The San Marino GP is always a special event for us Italian riders and especially for us Du🃏cati riders.
“I ༺will do my best to be able to race on Saturday and Sund🍸ay."
Bagnaia leads the champi꧟onship by 50 points ahead of Jorge Martin as he chases a second consecutive title.
That title race might still be hampered by last weekendಞ’s accident, depending whether Bagnaia is passed fit to race at Misano. And, then, how capable he is on track.
His factory Ducati teammate Enea Bastianini will be m🎉issi♋ng though.
Bastianiജni will miss the next three rounds afteꦐr his crash in Barcelona.
He required wrist and ankle surgery afterwards, and🦩 whe🥃n he returns must face a double long lap penalty for the manoeuvre.
James was👍 a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1♔.
