The British rider was involve๊d in a terrible crash at the Suzuka 8 Hours and was immediately airlifted to hospital, where it was confirmed he had fallen into a coma.

But encouraging news has slowly been 🎉revealed by his family ever sinc🍃e.

On Monday morning, nine days after his crash, former rider Terry Rymer who now acts as Rea’s manager revealed a message that💛 he had received from Rea’s family.

It read: “Gino has made our day, David his daᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd and Elaine his mum ha𒆙ve said.

“We wer🦩𝓡e by his side and, as soon as we spoke, he opened his eyes and looked right at me, then at Elaine.

“We could see he was pleased to see us and tried to t🌞alk.

“We could hold his hand, he was squeezing ours.

“Gino is communicating by raising his eyebrows.

🧸“Shannon, his sister, and B🐠ella, his wife, went in next. They said ‘blink twice if you understand me’ and he did!

“The doctor said he didn’t respond to any nurses but 🐭was amazed when he saw the response to the family. He said it’s a great sig🌼n.”

News from Gino’s family:

— Terry Rymer (@TerryRymer7)