Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed via his Twitter and Facebook pages that he’s been given the green light by his doctor to take part in this week’s final pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar.
The Spaniard has been doubtful that he would be able to test in Qatar after fracturing his first metacarpal and dislocating his thumb in a training incident last February.
Jorge Lorenzo:“Today we are leaving for Qatar for the last Winter test.
I think that it is important that we are there.
The fracture happened less than five weeks ago, but we could not have missed this last test because it would have been negative for our preparation; we are not far from the first race of the season! The doctor has made a special carbon fibre protection and Dainese have modified my glove, in order to further protect the fracture, so we will see how we get on.
” Wilco Zeelenberg:“We are happy that Jorge will be back for this last pre-season test at Qatar! Of course we have had to miss a whole test but we are confident that we can make up for lost time because the 2010 bike has proved to be very competitive from the first time we have used it.
We will have to wait to see how Jorge’s hand feels when he starts riding, but we do not take anything for granted.
The doctors have prepared a special brace for the thumb, Dainese have prepared special gloves and also a modified handlebar grip has been produced.
Yamaha will give him all the support and time he needs to return to full strength.
This week’s test takes place on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th under the Qatar floodlights, the last test before the season starts on April 11th.