Valentino Rossi's participation in Saturday's Dutch TT at Assen looks increasingly doubtful after the Doctor not only qualified last for the race, almost four seconds off the pace, but also admitted to being in a lot of pain after fracturing his wrist in Thursday's opening practice session.
It is speculated that the Doctor was hoping to save his wrist by completing just a handful of laps in practice before qualifying for the race in the hope that by Saturday, the swollen wrist would have reacted to treatment. However, the swelling and the pain has left Rossi doubtful for Saturday's race.
"I tried using some painkillers but the fracture in my right wrist hurts a lot," he explained." Truly it was very difficult to ride - the hand is very swollen and I don't have much strength.
"Together with Marco Montanari and Doctor Claudio Costa we have done the best that was possible, I've had a lot of treatment and I was able to ride for a few laps, but the strong pain stopped me from finishing the qualifying session," he added.
"We will see how I am and, depending on what happens in the warm-up, we will decide whether I will ride or not," he admitted. "Anyway it's going to be very difficult. We tried to move the brake lever a little bit down and we're now looking at the possibility of making a bigger brake lever to see if this is better for me."
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