Surgery struck Hopkins pleased with progress.

Red Bull Yamaha's John Hopkins left hand now bears the scar from his recent surgery in the United States. The operation repaired his middle finger, metacarpal bone, that he fractured in the final qualifying session at German GP.

Today, in first qualifying, Hopkins managed fourteenth fastest time under the eye of his surgeon as he continues his recovery.

Surgery struck Hopkins pleased with progress.

Red Bull Yamaha's John Hopkins left hand now bears the scar from his recent surgery in the United States. The operation repaired his middle finger, metacarpal bone, that he fractured in the final qualifying session at German GP.

Today, in first qualifying, Hopkins managed fourteenth fastest time under the eye of his surgeon as he continues his recovery.

Hopkins now has 3 permanent pin-size screws in his left hand. Dr. Arthur Ting (Hopkins' Surgeon) is in the Czech Republic for the Grand Prix and visited the American today in the Red Bull garage.

"I'm happy with my ride today and I was on the pace early on," explained Hopkins. "We began the session with a race tyre and tried a bunch of Dunlops throughout the session. The first tyre we had for qualifying was really good but unfortunately I made a few little mistakes toward the end of the lap and that cost me today. So we will work on that for tomorrow."

Colin Davies, Hopkins' Race Engineer, underlined that tyre selection won't be a problem: "We need to do some work tonight to get the right race set-up and we have already found a decent race tyre for Sunday."

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