Jorge Lorenzo’s recovery is proceeding slower than hoped for, and will be forced to miss the next two MotoGP rounds.
The Repsol Honda rider fractured two vertebrae in a crash at Assen, an injury that came on top of the battering his back took in a crash at the end of the Barcelona test two weeks before that.
After Assen, Lorenzo went back to his home in Switzerland to recover, and spent a week in a back corset to help the fractured vertebrae heal.
But, that process is not going as fast as hoped, and so Lorenzo has agreed with the Repsol Honda team that he will not take part in either the Czech round of MotoGP in Brno, nor the Austrian round at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
Stefan Bradl is to take Lorenzo’s place in Brno and the Red Bull Ring. The German was already scheduled to appear as a wildcard at Brno, ahead of the crucial test on Monday at the Czech circuit.
Bradl is currently in Japan, preparing to take part in this weekend’s Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
Lorenzo is scheduled to make his return to the Repsol Honda team at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone at the end of August.
Source: Repsol Honda
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