Valentino Rossi has announced that he hopes to be back in action by no later than the Czech Grand Prix at Brno, which will be staged in the middle of August. By then, ten weeks will have passed since his leg-breaking accident at Mugello although the Champion was initially suspected to be on the sidelines for at least three months.
The Italian sent out the following message at the weekend:
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‘Three weeks have passed since the accident and two since I was discharged from hospital, and I am very happy about how my recuperation is progressing. I am feeling a lot better and I'm starting to live a semi-normal life again, although for a completely ‘normal' life I will have to wait until I'm back on my bike!
I am walking with crutches and since a few days I've been able to put my foot to the floor. Honestly, I didn't expect to feel this good just a few weeks after the incident, and I mean both physically and in my ‘spirit.'
The rehabilitation is continuing as usual, both sitting in the hyperbaric chamber and with some exercises in the gym. Unfortunately my shoulder is still giving me some pain but I am working on the muscles to reduce the pain a bit.
If the rehabilitation proceeds without trouble and if everything continues in this way, then my objective is to return at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno.
I have started to leave the house and my good friends haven't left me on my own for even a minute, although I'm not used to spending so much time in Tavullia! I miss my bike, my team and the paddock a lot and this ‘new' sensation is pushing me to get better as quickly as possible.
I'll speak to you, but more importantly see you, soon.
Ciao, Valentino Rossi.’
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Top: Rossi's absence at Silverstone was marked in the Fiat Yamaha garage with the Italian message 'Torno subito!' ('Be right back!')
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