Fabio di Giannantonio: “Important appointment” on Wednesday

Fabio di Giannantonio set 𓆏for shoulder surgery decision♔.

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Fabio di Giannantonio, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

Following an eighth-place finish in Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio will re🌳turn to🌟 Europe for an ‘important appointment’ to discuss his injured left shoulder.

The VR46 rider dislocated his shoulder in a Friday practice accident at the Red Bull Ring in August, ruling him out of the Austrian eve🌸nt.

di Giannantonio has ridden with painkillers in the five rounds since and 𓆏acꦛknowledges he faces a heightened risk of further dislocations.

But if surgery is required, it would be fo﷽llowed by several months of rehabilita⛎tion.

Depending on the conclusion of the medical meeting, Diggia mig🔴ht opt to undergo an operation immediately, skipping the final rounds of this season to ensure he is fit to test his factory-spec GP25 at S💫epang on January 31.

“On Wednesday I have an important appointme♔nt to understand how w﷽ill be my condition for the rest of this season, or next year. So after that we will understand everything,” di Giannantonio said.

“For sure, as🎃 I said many times, my goal is to do as many races as possible and finish the season in a good way.

“But❀ also, the important thing🦩 is to arrive next year at 100% from the first test.

“So we have many things to consider. Let’s see. We have to ▨consider my will to race but also to recover [fully] for next season.”

Making the d♏ecision potentially more difficult is that di Giannantonio felt he was back to his pre-injury best at Motegi, where he battled from 14th on the opening lap to finish in the wheel tracks of team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.

“A bittersweet feeling because I’m super-happy about th♎e weekend🧜 overall, because I have been fast like the 'old times' before my injury and we showed good speed again,” di Giannantonio said.

“But a pity for the race because the first lap was a real jungle and it destroyed a bit my result. I think we could have been fighting with✤ Morbidelli and Binder [fifth and sixth] because m💙y pace was really similar after the first third of the race.

“So, a pity, but happy with the race overall.”

Team manager Pablo Nieto said: “A positive week for Fabio, who has reduced the painkillers, and🧜 who is definitely feeling better on the ꧃Ducati.”

Di Giannantonio is ninth in the world ch💞ampionship, one point behind Aprilia’s Aleix Esparga𝐆ro and one point ahead of Bezzecchi.

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