Alex Rins out of Spanish MotoGP with shoulder fracture-dislocation?
Alex Rins is expected to miss the opening round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship season after suffering a huge accident in qualifying for the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez.
The Spaniard fell in the closing stages of the Q2 session as he chased an improvement on his lap time, but would get it wrong mid-way through the fast Turn 11 right-hander, where Jack Miller had crashed his Ducati only moments earlier.
Sent across the gravel at high-speed, Rins came off the Suzuki GSX-RR sending both man and machine barrelling through the litter though it’s unclear whether the ferocity of the impact was influenced by having avoid the Ducati ahead.
“I was entering the last part of the lap and suddenly I lost the front at Turn 11. I tried to recover the bike, but I couldn’t, so I entered the gravel trap at high speed, and I decided to drop the bike to avoid arriving at the barriers. Unfortunately, I suffered an injury and I felt a lot of pain. I was transferred to the Clinica Mobile and then to the hospital where they confirmed there is a damage, but we still don’t know is this will allow me to race tomorrow. Now I just want to have a good rest and try to recover as much as possible, then tomorrow morning the doctors will make the final evaluation.”
With Clinica Mobile detecting a fracture and dislocation of the shoulder, he was taken to hospital where MRIs confirmed the diagnosis and he was placed under heavy sedation for the pain.
“He has had a fracture-dislocation of his right shoulder that caused him a lot of pain, so after taking some x-rays immediately he has undergone sedation to put his shoulder in place, which is really much more painful than a fracture," said MotoGP Traumatology Specialist Dr Mir.
“The next step will be that he will now go to the Jerez hospital and undergo an MRI to assess the degree of injury to the tendons. I don't know how to confirm anything, but I think tomorrow's race is very compromised, but until we have the result of the test I can't confirm that.”
Considered a title contender beyond the favourite Marc Marquez, Rins had qualified ninth for the race is not only a doubt for tomorrow's race but potentially for next weekend’s return to Jerez with the Andalusian MotoGP event.
