Mir lands in Barcelona, heavy lung bruising confirmed

Joan Mir landed in Barcelona on Friday after travelling from Brno in the Czech Republic, where he has been hospitalised since Monday following a serious accident during the official MotoGP Test.

Upon his arrival in Barcelona he was directly transferred to the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hospital Universitario Dexeus, where the Doctor in charge is Angel Charte, also Medical Director of the MotoGP World Championship.

“We completed an enhanced cranial CT scan, a chest CT scan, and an abdominal CT scan with contrast dye. Both the cranial CT and abdominal CT are normal. We have not observed any involvement or damage of any vital organ, nor any blood in the abdominal cavity," explained Dr. Charte.

"However, the thoracic CT does show a pulmonary contusion, predominantly on the right side. Although the lungs are functioning well and have stood up to analysis, there is still that heavy bruising which requires hospital rest and observation, with daily analytical and testing rounds.

“Together with my team, we have decided to keep him hospitalised until Monday, then we will do another check to see if the contusion has reduced in intensity - and in that case he would go home."

Mir's accident was caused by an unspecified 'technical issue'. The rookie hopes to return for the Silverstone round later this month.