Injured Michele Pirro rages at “bowling” crash: “I am very angry”
The Ducati test and reserve rider was racing in the title decider of the Italian Superbike (CIV) series when he was clattered by Lorenzo Zanetti, costing him a chance to defe🐈nd his accolade.
Pirr💙o has since had surgery on a fractured⛄ left leg.
“He said normal race contact,” Pirro sarcastically commented on so༺💞cial media about Zanetti’s manoeuvre.
“I missed that there was bowling at the Imola 🍎Circui🎉t!
“How sad f💧or sport, you accept something like this if you have a technical problem or an illness but not if you have a rider’s licence, with the risk of hurting others.
“I repeat, I am not interested in the Championship, I am interested in my health and above all in preventing young people from taking these🙈 examples, or as stated either ‘gravel or glory’.
“I'm very angry because I'm suffering physi🦄cally from something that could have been🦋 avoided.”
He later confirmed from his hospital bed that he’d had “four screws💎 and a few stitches”.
Pirro became tಌhe latest Ducati♈ rider to be injured, a day after Marco Bezzecchi broke his collarbone in training.
Lu꧒ca Marini, recovering from his own colla🐽rbone injury, will fly to the Indonesian MotoGP this weekend.
But Bezzecchi’s participation is in doubt, and regular replacem🀅ent Pirro is now sidelined too.
Alex Marquez of Gresini Ducati and factory rider Enea Bastianini also have🦄 their own physical problems ahead of Mandalika.
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