Bayliss out of race two.

Troy Bayliss suffered a vicious high side at Coppice corner just five laps into race one at Donington Park. The reigning Champion was leading the race at the time of the crash; unfortunately due to his injuries he will not take part in race two.

Crash.Net Radio spoke to the Xerox Ducati team press officer, Julian Thomas about Bayliss' condition. "The current state for Troy is that he has been taken to Derbyshire Royal Infirmary where they will perform reconstructive plastic surgery work on the little finger of his right hand which he injured in that race one crash. Basically he lost most of the bone on the little finger and they decided immediately to take him to hospital. Troy said "I want to do race two" but he was advised against that because of the possibility of infection and possible amputation," said Thomas.

The cause of the crash is unclear but Thomas explained what happened, "It was a bit of a high side, he was accelerating coming into Coppice and the rear of the bike just snapped away from him. It was a bit of a tank slapper, he was quite winded all over and his hand got caught under the bike."

The team are hoping he will be back in action to defend his title at Valencia, "I think he will be there for Valencia. That is the latest news and we wish him all the best. Unfortunately these things happen, it was a nasty crash but he will be back," he concluded.