I decided to go for it and was making up quite a bit of time on him. On lap 23 of 27 he was a few seconds in front and on the entry to Coppice onto the back straight I went in a bit too quick and the rear just slipped around and put me over the top. I landed on my hip again and was all ready to get back on the bike because apart from a bent in bar it was all ok.
The marshals got the bike upright in the gravel and I totally forgot about my pelvis, started to push the bike as fast as I could out of the gravel with the marshals and then something just gave way in my pelvis area and that was it, I couldn’t move! Shit it hurt and made me feel sick, there was no way I was gonna get back on the bike after that.
The worst thing was that one of the marshals still had his hand on my back pushing me and the bike through the gravel and I was trying to get them to stop! So if one of the marshals on that post reads this, that’s the reason why I suddenly stopped but cheers for your help anyway!
Another home GP disappointment after a miserable weekend. I was obviously very disappointed for those that sat out in the rain all day to watch me not finish the race so I have to apologize for that. I had to get
Donington behind me and focus on getting healthier before the German GP and have another go there.
Sachsenring
I was at home for just over a day before we had to again leave for the German GP. Casey (Stoner) travelled back with us from Donington as he was on the same flight as us to Germany. He rode a bit of supermoto at home whereas I sat and repaired!
We stayed at Stansted Tuesday night ready for an early morning flight to Altenburg in the morning which is only 30k’s from the circuit. Sachsenring is a track I like, in fact I like pretty much all the tracks in the second half of the season. On Wednesday and Thursday I didn’t do much, my torso was feeling better each day and Dean was checking up on it!
