After an earlier incident with Lowes and WorldSBK rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danilo Petrucci in the Superpole Race, Baz was ag🦋ain on the receiving end of contact as Lowes h𒊎it the BMW rider’s leg under braking.

As he attempte🦂d to make an overtake at turn 10, Lowes was unable to avoid the French rider’s dangling right leg, with Baz having to pull off-track immediately.

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"I felt straight away that there was something broken on the leg,"&n💮bsp;said Baz when speaking to . "Honestly, my first thought after the impact was checking if I still had the leg because the impact was so big, I thought my leg was off. 

"It wasn’t n𝄹ice but after that, the medical team did a great job. We saw the fracture of the fibula straight away, in the high part close to the knee. 

"It was clear that there was some damage done to the ligaments of the ankle as they could see on the x-ray that there were more gaps in between the bones. I had a lot of pain, and the an𒅌kle was three times as big as normal. 

"They t꧃old me that I needed surgery for the ank✱le for sure, but I decided to come back home and have the surgery there, as I have a great specialist. In 2016, I think I had 20 or 21 fractures in the foot after my Turn 1 crash at Mugello."

What was a disastrous weekend in terms of results, albeit Baz was performing well at the time of his two incidents, the 𝐆lack of overall competitiveness from BMW has been very apparent in 2023.

Only 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Van Der Mark has claimed a top six finish which came in Race 1 at Mandalika, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Scott Redding, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Garrett Gerloff and Baz have often been ⛦fighting one-another for tenth or lower.

"It’s been tough, but we’ve only had two rounds," added Ba💞z. "I thought all winter that we need to go racing to see where we are. Phillip Island was really difficult; apart from Michael who was riding really well and had something m𓆏ore than us, no BMW was faster than the other one with three completely different setups. 

"In Indonesia, honestly, I felt a bit better straight away and I felt a bit better on Saturday. We made a good step and then in Race 1, after a Superpole, I lost a lot of time at Turn 1 with Rinaldi’s incident, but I was able to come back closer to the top ten and with a lot of i𒈔nputs, knowing where to improve. 

"In Australia, we were really far off, and we didn𒉰’🅠t know where to improve. On Sunday in Indonesia, both times when we had incidents, I was in the top six and it is somewhere I haven’t been since the first half of last year."

Using the example of Kawasaki who are now struggling after several ye꧅ars of success, Baz believes BWM are trying to make a breakthrough at a time where Ducati and Yamaha have taken the championship to new heights. 

The former MotoGP rider said: "Everyone in BMW and in the team is working really hard and nobody gave up. You can see with Kawasaki, we’re not the only ones struggling, as Yamaha and Ducati are putting the level so high – especially Ducat⛄i. 

"That’s good for the Championship as they’re faster bikes than last year and it’s so tight. It’s super e🍷asy to look stupid further down but you’re going faster than last year. 

"The level is much🃏 denser. I feel the improvement and we’ve made a step, but weౠ haven’t done a big enough step, but keep in mind that the winter was really short. I believe a lot in the project, and we’ll get there for sure."