Superbikes| Eugene Laverty is out of action until Donington

For Eugene Laverty this is a very unfortunate start to the season: the Aprilia rider was in fact the victim of a bad fall in the second race of the Motul Thai Round last weekend, suffering a fractured pelvis which will force him to stay away from competition for a few month.

The medical staff of the Bangkok hospital, together with the Director of the Medical Center Monica Lazzarotti, averted surgery but confirmed two fracture points: Laverty has already started recovery in Thailand to try to return in time for Donington, in May.

“I am obviously very disappointed that I will have to miss a few races, so early in the season, but I consider myself lucky because my injuries are not serious. The initial fear of lying on the ground without being able to move my legs was something I had never felt before” – he declared Eugene Laverty – “I am very lucky to have a fantastic group of people around me, starting from my wife Pippa, my brother John who was great during the key hours after my fall and the whole Milwaukee Aprilia team, who came to visit me to the hospital to make sure I was in good hands. Due to my internal injuries I will be very limited in my first month of recovery, but we will work hard to get my pelvis healed and I hope to be back on the bike at Donington at my home round.”