Alessi GP debut scrapped.
The on going saga of when KTM star Mike Alessi would make his World Championship debut has apparently been settled for this year at least with the news that - just days after he was confirmed by Youthstream as entering round two of the series at Bellpuig, Spain - he will now not attend any 2005 GPs due to injury.
The teenage American sensation underwent a scan after hurting his back during training and although no fractures were revealed, he has trapped nerves and compression of the T2 and T3 vertebrae.
The on going saga of when KTM star Mike Alessi would make his World Championship debut has apparently been settled for this year at least with the news that - just days after he was confirmed by Youthstream as entering round two of the series at Bellpuig, Spain - he will now not attend any 2005 GPs due to injury.
The teenage American sensation underwent a scan after hurting his back during training and although no fractures were revealed, he has trapped nerves and compression of the T2 and T3 vertebrae.
The sixteen-year-old will thus be unable to ride for three-weeks causing him to cancel planned appearances at the Grand Prix of Spain this weekend and the Grand Prix of Portugal the following week.
Both the Alessi family and KTM are disappointed that Mike can not participate at Bellpuig or Agueda. The original plan was to contest the first three events of the World Championship. Alessi was forced to miss the opening round, at Zolder, due to food poisoning.
Alessi will now concentrate on being fit for the first AMA National, in May, at which he will steer his new KTM SXF.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
