The 9 times World Champion Valentino Rossi spent the several hours in the emergency room of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro yesterday for acute abdominal pain.
After a series of tests Rossi was diagnosed with an inflamed appendix.
According to the doctors Rossi will not have to undergo surgery and released the rider from the hospital after a few hours.
Rossi’s small health problem could jeopardize the two day Ferrari test that was programmed next week in Barcelona and the official Sepang tests that are going to be held in Sepang, February 3rd to 5th.