by Mark
Valentino Rossi - Motegi 2011
After Valentino Rossi’s fall in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday the Italian complained about pain in his left hand.
Although the initial examination suggested it was just bruising Rossi was in a lot of pain.
The pain, coupled with swelling in his left hand, prompted the Italian to undergo additional X-rays that revealed a hairline fracture at the arthrodesis of the first and second phalanx (performed following a fall at Assen in 1995) of the pinky finger on his left hand. Rossi’s participation in the Australian Grand Prix on October 16 is not in doubt.
Today, Thursday 6 October, Nicky Hayden will test the GP12 at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, using the last of eight days the team is allowed with the 2012 bike
