Franco Morbidelli passes first hurdle for Qatar MotoGP - but more tests await
Franco Morbidelli passes MRI scan but faces more medical te🧸sts before racing at Qatar MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli has travelled to Qatar but is not yet assured of being able to race in the MotoGP season-opener due to injury.
An MRI scan on March 2 cleared Morbidelli🐠 to f🍃ly to Qatar.
But, on Thursday March 7 he must undergo ꧃more medical tests at the cirꦺcuit.
Only🌞 if he passes will he then be free to partake 🎀in Friday’s practice, Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s grand prix.
"I am very pleased to have received the me🙈dical clearance to start the season," Morbidelli said.
"I am eager to try the bike, to return to the dynamics of the races, and t🔜o get to know the people of my new team b♎etter.
"This year represents a significant change in my career, and aꦑlthough this incident was unfortunate, it is now in the past, and I want to look forward.
"I thank the doctors who have been monitoring me, the people who🧔 have supported me during these weeks, and a special thanks to Prima Pramac Racing for t🌊heir support."
Morbidelli will make his debut as a Pramac Ducati rider ifꩵ he is cleared🅰 to race.
He made the swit🌊ch from Yamaha but, due to injury, has not had a preseason.
Be💫fore MotoGP testing, Morbidelli crashed a Panigale V4 on a WorldS𝔉BK test day in Portimao.
He was knocked unconscious and doctors told him that it would “pretty dangerous to ꦜhit the head again, right now” before p༒reseason testing.
Morbidelli has since said: “🔥It's an injur😼y that almost doesn't feel like an injury because physically I'm pretty good.
“You need to take your time and🍬 keep respecting what the doctors say, because it's an ꧙injury that needs to be respected.”
Morbidelli will ride the GP24 this s𒆙eason with P𓆏ramac as Jorge Martin’s teammate.
But, with just a single day at the postseason Valencia test last year to adjust, Morbidelli mꦿay face an uphill struggle in Qatar this weekend even if he is passed fit.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering🌼 everything from American sports, to football, to F1.