Team Suzuki Ecstar have confirmed Alex Rins has undergone a successful operation on a fractured radius sustained in a bicycle crash at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Thursday, and the Spaniard could be fit to ride at the German GP in two weeks’ time.
Sh*t happens...but you now what they say: When you are going through hell...keep going! Better times will come ????????
— Alex Rins (@Rins42) June 3, 2021
Estas cosas pasan...pero ya sabéis el dicho: Si estás pasando por un mal momento...sigue andando! Vendrán mejores momentos ????????#motogp pic.twitter.com/gIB5MSIpa9
After Thursday’s incident, Rins was taken to the Dexeus University hospital in Barcelona, and scans found a "Trans-styloid Intrarticular Fracture of the Distal Radius". In order to facilitate a speedy recovery, he went into surgery on Friday morning and the operation went smoothly.
Dr. Xavier Mir - Head of the Hand, Elbow and Microsurgery Surgery Unit, Dexeus University Hospital: "Today Alex Rins underwent a minimally invasive fixation with compression cannulated screws. If there are no complications, I think he will be able to start functional recovery next Monday, and we do not rule out the possibility that he could compete within two weeks at the Sachsenring.”