MODENA. Sunday to forget for Andrea Dovizioso engaged in a motocross race with the aim of keeping fit in view of the start of the post-coronavirus MotoGp season. The Ducati rider fractured his left collarbone during the first heat of the motocross race of the Emilia Romagna Regional Championship on the Monte Coralli circuit in Faenza. An injury that forced the Ducati rider to work immediately to shorten the time to catch up as soon as possible since the first GP was rescheduled in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain on 19 July.
To betray the Italian centaur was a clumsy landing made with his motocross bike. Realizing the injury Dovizioso returned to the pits with his vehicle and then accompanied by a private car to the hospital in Forlì. The pilot from Forlì immediately underwent a first X-ray which confirmed what was initially feared, namely the fracture of the clavicle. A stop that inevitably complicates the start of the season for the Ducati rider who was training for the Jerez event and who was also in an interview with his team for the renewal of the contract.
A negotiation, with Jorge Lorenzo in the background as a more than interested spectator, that was taking on the contours of the most classic of summer yellow films due to the times so dilated: the Borgo Panigale team would have proposed a substantial reduction compared to the current salary of 6 million , but also on a technical and environmental level. If on the one hand the driver would ask for more confidence, strengthened by the three championships concluded behind Marc Marquez, the team would not seem so determined to retain Dovizioso as a team, having made no secret in recent months that he has not only evaluated, but also contacted , several drivers, including Lorenzo.
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