Villopoto blames missing Euro MXGP on a “Rookie” mistake
Ryan Villopoto will therefore not start this weekend during the Grand Prix of Europe at the Valkenswaard circuit and has therefore chosen to travel to Spain in two weeks for the sixth race of the championship in order to take time for the healing of his condition. the tailbone. The American announced this on Friday evening at the Monster Energy Kawasaki Team presentation in the workshop just north of Eindhoven.
Villopoto suffered this injury during a bizarre fall during the second series of the Grand Prix of Trentino last Sunday when he pulled his KX450F backwards. 'RV2' said the following about this unfortunate incident. “It was actually a real 'Rookie' mistake, something that happens in full battle. I was very close to Tony (Cairoli) on certain parts of the circuit, but passing him was a different story and that's how Desalle came back. I landed after the jump in front of the Pit-Lane like all the other passages. I then got into a wheelie state and before I knew it I was upside down. It all happened so quickly… too bad it had to happen that way!”
Speaking about the injury suffered, this forces the AMA Champion to miss his first GP in 2015. “The pain is not too bad, only when I sit down. We stayed off the engine this week to have it repaired as much as possible. But it remains a problem when I sit down and for driving on a circuit like Valkenswaard it must already be a good day. I think it is best not to drive and come back to Spain to get back at it. We feel if we ride this weekend that we might aggravate the injury.
Villopoto will be present at the Valkenswaard circuit for the fans to sign autographs on Sunday, but the outlook for the 2015 championship looks really bleak for him now. The Kawasaki rider is currently 47 points behind leader Clement Desalle and is currently in sixth place in the MXGP standings. Teammate Tyla Rattray has confirmed that he will be able to ride after the mild concussion he suffered last weekend in Italy.
Text: Adam Wheeler / OTOR
Photo: CDS
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