Valentino Rossi to Race at Mugello

Valentino Rossi suffered liver and kidney lesions after being thrown over the handlebars of his motocross bike last week.

He spent the night in hospital for observations and was released the following day to continue his recovery at home. He admitted that he struggled to breath following the incident and was in excruciating pain, but has made sufficient progress to be deemed fit to race at his home race in Mugello.

Regarding the level of pain he will experience on the bike, he said "Yesterday I tried a motorcycle, the TMax and after the R6. I feel good on the seat and can move without a lot of pain so I'm quite optimistic, but the stress is not comparable. For riding the motorcycle I think two things: My movement on the seat, for change direction, which here in Mugello is quite severe and especially when you push hard you need to breathe longer and I still have some pain. These are the parts I need to understand. For sure I'm not at 100%, but it is still Thursday so will be also important to try to improve through to Sunday and make a good race." 

The 9 time MotoGP world champion has taken this incident as a warning and, although he sees motocross as the perfect form of training and has his own track, has stated that he may have to find other ways to train in the future to avoid a more serious incident.

Rossi training at his Motocross ranch in Tavullia. [Image: Twitter]

Rossi training at his Motocross ranch in Tavullia. [Image: Twitter]

In his last outing at Le Mans, Rossi came off the bike on the last lap causing him to drop from 1st to 3rd in the championship, 23 points behind Viñales.

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