Eugene Laverty has been ruled out of action for two months and will miss the next three World Superbike rounds due to his injuries sustained in a nasty crash in Thailand during the second race.
Eugene Laverty has sustained a broken pelvis in a horrific crash during race two of the Thailand World Superbike round after being hit accidently by MV Agusta’s Jordi Torres.
Full free practice two results for the second round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at the Chang International Circuit (Buriram), Thailand. 1. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.851s
Full race one results for the opening round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, Australia. 1. Marco Melandri ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 22 laps 2. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR +1.180s
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"I did one quite shit race... Eugene is maybe the last person I want to hit. He paid at the last corner in maybe his best MotoGP race" - Danilo Petrucci.
'If we maintain the positive thinking from Austria and put the last 200m of the Spielberg weekend behind us we can be competitive again at Brno' - Eugene Laverty.