McCoy: The pain was unbelievable.
Red Bull Yamaha's Garry McCoy looked strangely off the pace in yesterday's race at Valencia, until it emerged that the Australian had injured himself - without crashing.
"I had a huge slide on the fifth lap and nearly crashed. Luckily I managed to save it but the foot peg swung around and dug into my right leg," said McCoy. "The pain was unbelievable, and then my leg felt numb. I couldn't put my weight on it to push the bike through the right-handers."
Red Bull Yamaha's Garry McCoy looked strangely off the pace in yesterday's race at Valencia, until it emerged that the Australian had injured himself - without crashing.
"I had a huge slide on the fifth lap and nearly crashed. Luckily I managed to save it but the foot peg swung around and dug into my right leg," said McCoy. "The pain was unbelievable, and then my leg felt numb. I couldn't put my weight on it to push the bike through the right-handers."
Hamish Jamieson, McCoy' s Race Engineer, added: "He had to be carried out of the box and on to his scooter at the end, so he must have been in a lot of pain during the race."
"We will have to see how his left evolves over the next couple of day, but at the moment he is unable to straighten it out. I'm just hoping he has just suffered a knock and not torn any muscles," said McCoy's Trainer Philippe Vidal.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
