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HOPKINS SIDELINED FOR SACHSENRING AND LAGUNA
Kawasaki's John Hopkins will sit out the German and US Grand Prix races, after further medical checks revealed the injuries he sustained in a high-speed qualifying crash at Assen would require corrective surgery before he can return to action.

Hopkins crashed at 230km/h towards the end of qualifying for the Dutch TT, after losing the front of his Ninja ZX-RR at Ramshoek corner, the ultra-fast left-hander just before the final chicane. The Kawasaki pilot slid across the track and through the gravel trap before colliding feet first with the tyre wall on the outside of the turn.

X-rays of his injured left leg at the circuit medical centre revealed that Hopkins had sustained a fracture to the bottom of his tibia and that he had reopened a previous fracture, the result of a crash earlier in his racing career. The x-rays also showed a fracture to the lateral malleolus, which is one of the bones at the top of the ankle.

Hopkins had a further medical examination by Dr. Art Ting on his return to America last week. In addition to confirming the previously diagnosed fractures, a bone scan of the injured left leg also revealed a tibial plateau fracture just below the knee, and damage to the meniscus (cartilage), which was causing Hopkins' knee joint to lock.

Hopkins underwent successful surgery in Los Angeles on Monday to reset the bones in his ankle. During the operation, the meniscus in his left knee was also repaired and attached to the bone using keyhole surgery techniques.

As a result of the surgery Hopkins will not be able to bear any weight on his damaged left leg for three weeks, after which he will undergo extensive rehabilitation therapy, with a full recovery from his injuries expected to take between six to eight weeks in total.

The current goal is for Hopkins to make his return to racing at the Czech Republic Grand Prix, which takes place on 17 August.

Kawasaki Competition Manager
"I am sorry for John, as I know he was looking forward to racing in front of his home crowd at Laguna Seca, where he always enjoys a lot of support. But it's just not possible; he has had surgery to fix the injuries he sustained at Assen, and now he needs sufficient recovery time to ensure that he's fully fit before he makes his racing return. Obviously we are hoping that this return will come at the Czech Republic Grand Prix, but we will be monitoring John's recovery very closely and we have no intention of putting him back on the bike before he's ready. If this means he doesn't race at Brno, then that's how it will be, because we don't want to risk making things worse by allowing him to return before he is fully recovered. Now we know the full extent of John's injuries we are looking at the possibility of running a replacement rider at Laguna Seca. We will make a further announcement about this ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix."
 
Kawasaki har väl inte presenterat en ersättningsförare? Kan man gissa på Olivier Jacque?
 
Kawasaki har väl inte presenterat en ersättningsförare? Kan man gissa på Olivier Jacque?

Nej, det enda som är sagt officiellt är att de erbjudit platsen till Marco Melandri, men han har inte släppts loss från Ducati.

Jacque för Sachsenring och Roger Lee Hayden eller Chaz Davies för Laguna Seca är min gissning.
 
RL Hayden är väl fortfarande inte riktigt kurant efter sin krash tidigare i år?
 
Roger Lee har enligt honom själv kört både flattrack och Suppermoto flera gånger redan, och känner sig i fin form.. Men har fortfarade inte fått klartecken från AMA Monster Kawasaki att böra köra än... Han undrade vad dom väntade på....
Han ska tydlgen köra på Laguna Seca i AMA SBK iaf....

Om det inte blir Hayden, så Jamie Hacking kanske?
Han ligger nog bättre till än Davies, då han kör för Kawwas "oficiella" team i AMA, och är Amerikan...
 
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Hacking är britt och inte jänkare, han har dock bott och tävlat i USA bra länge.
 
Han bröt väl racet för att han skulel köra SBK också, efter att ha kört svagt på alla passen i princip.
 
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