CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP™ Team's Raul Fernandez has had successful surgery in Madrid to rectify the arm pump issues he's been suffering with throughout his 2023 campaign. The Spaniard was forced to retire from the Portuguese Grand Prix with the issues and was having issues in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, before then only able to do a maximum of three consecutive laps in Monday's Jerez Test.
The 22-year-old went under the knife on Thursday and will now start his rehabilitation in order to compete in next weekend's French Grand Prix.
Speaking on social media, Fernandez said: "As you may already know, I finally had to have surgery. First of all, I would sincerely thank Dr. Foruria for the incredible job he has done, because I was not suffering from a normal arm pump, as I had 9 affected muscles. Now the difficult part begins, since we have to prepare everything with the aim of arriving in France in the best possible way."