Dr. Angel Charte, MotoGP Medical Director, spoke to DAZN regarding the condition of the World Champion following his Catalan GP crash.
On the opening lap of the Monster Energy Grand Prix of Catalunya, Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia suffered a highside before another bike made contact with his leg. The Italian was taken to the medical centre at the circuit before being sent to the general hospital for further examination.
MotoGP Medical Director Dr. Angel Charte has offered an update on the status of the reigning World Champion.
‘Pecco has had severe polytrauma, a motorbike ran over him in the femoral and tibial area. We have taken x-rays of this area and have detected a small injury that we don’t know if it is current or old. We need to do an urgent CAT scan and that is why we have sent him to the general hospital’, he began to say before adding:
– At cranial, thoracic and abdominal levels, he has been normal at all times. He was conscious and oriented. The image we have seen is from conventional radiology, so it is difficult to be sure that there is no fracture. It is necessary to do a CAT scan.
Source: MotoGP