MotoGP Mugello: Alex Rins suffers broken leg in Sprint race accident | Multiple surgeries, external fixator
The incident was not broadcast, but the COTA winner is thought to have fallen at the fast Arrabiata 1 corner (on lap 4 of 11) and to have sustained the injuries when he🙈 tumbled awkwardly in the gravel.
After initial treatment at the medical centre, the ﷽LCR Honda rider was transported to a hospital in nearby Florence.
The team report that Rins will 'undergo a first surgery this evening at the Careggi University Hospital (Florence), ꦗwhere doctors will attach an external fixator to stabilize his right leg and reduce swelling.
'He will remain under observation, and once cleared, he will rไeturn to Spain to undergo a final surgery.'
The🐻 injuries are sure to ruleꦚ Rins out of the following Sachsenring and Assen rounds, which follow Mugello on consecutive weekends.
The MotoGP summer break then runs until Silverstone a🎶t the s🃏tart of August.
Third fa▨stest on Friday, Rins had qualified in ninth place and was twelfth when he fell.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Roꦉssi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Su𝓡zuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
