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2012 FIM MotoGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CZECH GRAND PRIX, BRNO
23 AUGUST 2012STONER FLIES TO AUSTRALIA FOR SURGERY
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner is on his way to Australia to undergo surgery on the injuries he sustained in an accident during qualifying for last weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix.
The Repsol Honda rider will have the injuries – a complex combination of ligament, cartilage and bone damage to his right ankle – fixed once the swelling has subsided.
Last Sunday Stoner heroically rode to a fourth-place finish at Indy. The Australian had also considered competing in this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix, until his surgeon in Australia had fully examined the x-rays and insisted that the injury needs intervention.
“The risk at Indy wasn’t riding with the injury, it was the risk of crashing on it,” said Stoner before leaving Brno this afternoon. “The crash was a nasty one – the first time in my career that I’ve not been able to walk away. I have no idea about my comeback – hopefully it will be one or two races before Phillip Island.”
Stoner is currently in third place in the 2012 MotoGP points standings behind team-mate Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo.