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Lorenzo suffers fractured rib after Doha crash
PARIS, March 13, 2019 (AFP) – Three-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo
suffered a fractured rib at the weekend’s season-opening Qatar MotoGP, his
Honda team announced on Tuesday.
The Spanish rider tweeted that he is confident about his fitness for the
second race in Argentina on March 31, despite admitting he would be out for
three weeks to a month.
“Fissure of the first rib on the right side, 3 weeks/1 month to recover. We
will fight in Argentina,” Lorenzo wrote.
The 31-year-old joined Honda at the end of last year to form a formidable
partnership with five-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez, who was beaten
into second place in Qatar by Lorenzo’s former Ducati teammate Andrea
Dovizioso.
Lorenzo crashed in the third practice session last week in Doha and ended
up finishing the race in 13th place.
He had already been recovering from a broken wrist suffered during the off-
season.
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