Moto3: Hand surgery for Rins

Hand surgery for Alex Rins, rest for Marc Marquez.
Rins, Moto3 race, French MotoGP 2012
Rins, Moto3 race, French MotoGP 2012
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Fresh from his debut grand prix podium in Sunday's wet Moto3 grand prix, rook✨ie Alex Rins unꦫderwent surgery in Barcelona on Monday to repair finger damage from a Saturday fall at Le Mans.

The Spaniard underwent surgery on the litt🍸le finger of his right hand, in a procedure carried out by Dr. Xavier Mir at the USP Inst♒itut Universitari Dexeus de Barcelona.

Rins (Suter Honda) 🧸will remain in hospital for 24 hou🎐rs under antibiotics.

Fellow Repsol-backed rider Marc Mꦉ?rquez (Suter), who suffered a heavy blow to his right hand when he💦 crashed out of Sunday's Moto2 race, also underwent an examination at the facility.

Marquez, who lost the title lead by one-point to Pol Espargar🐻o following the fall, lightly damaged his thumb in Sunday's spill and has been advised to rest the injury for a week.

Both Rins and Marquez will thus be fit for the fifth round of the 2012 world championships, in front of their home Spa🌞nish fans, at Catalunya in two weeks' time.

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