Fiat Yamaha Team Official Statement on Rossi Injury
Mugello, Italy
Saturday 5th June, 1230 CET
ROSSI INJURY UPDATE – 1230 CET
Following his crash in practice for the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello this morning, Valentino Rossi has been taken by helicopter to the Careggi Hospital in Florence for a deeper medical examination. After that he will be moved to the CTO (Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico), which is close by.
The official diagnosis, made by the circuit Medical Centre and the Chief Medical Officer, is that Rossi has suffered a displaced and exposed fracture to the third medium of the right shinbone.
More information will be released once it is available in due course.
