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Hand injury for Capirossi

Loris Capirossi suffered from a dislocated fracture of the fifth right metacarpus and a deep wound in his hand. Capirossi was pushed out of Sunday's Catalonian Grand Prix and will now try to recover as quickly as possible.

Capirossi made a good start from 12th and was up into eighth place by lap two, before disaster struck for the experienced Italian on the 11th lap. Capirossi was hit from behind causing him to crash at high speed and injure his hand in the process. He was immediately taken the trackside clinic where he was found to have a dislocated fracture of the fifth right metacarpus and a deep wound with loss of skin to his fifth right finger. He will not be able to ride in tomorrow's test, but hopes to be back to fitness as soon as possible.

Loris Capirossi said about his crash: "It has been a really bad end to the weekend, because I felt that everything was working well on the bike and I felt good. I think I could have fought with Chris and James Toseland, but de Angelis tried a bit too hard and put me out of the race. But this is racing and sometimes things like this happen. Now I have to be careful because I have an injury and it will not be so easy for me to recover for the two races in one week. We will see, but I will certainly try to recover as quickly as I can!"

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