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Rea misses out on Aragon action

Tuesday, 14 June 2011 10:53 GMT
Rea misses out on Aragon action
Jonathan Rea's 2011 season has suffered an unfortunate halt as the Castrol Honda rider will be forced to sit out this weekend's Aragon round due to injuries picked up in a high-speed Sunday morning warm-up crash at Misano that left him with fractures to his right arm and left collarbone.


Rea had been searching for an improvement in his machine's setting after issues in qualifying left him in 11th place after the final Superpole session. The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland was pushing hard in warm-up before he crashed at approximately 230kph at Misano's fast turn 11.


He was transferred to Ospedale Bufalini in Cesena where the fracture to his right radius and left clavicle were confirmed. With a number of other bumps and bruises, it has now been confirmed that he will not be able to line up for next weekend's seventh round races at Aragon in Spain.


"Well, the weekend just went from bad to worse really," he commented. "I had a crash on Saturday which needed some stitches in my arm and then a 230kph crash in the warm-up at one of the fastest corners on the calendar. Of course, I'm frustrated and I have some injuries that I want to take time to heal properly. We'll have to miss Aragon next week, unfortunately, but Brno is a month off and the doctors tell me that the break in my arm would normally keep someone off work for three weeks. I'll try to come back for Brno at 100% as it's a circuit that suits me and the bike. I got my first world championship win there and we went 1-2 last year. Thanks to everyone for all the messages of support, it really means a lot and I'm sure it'll speed up the recovery."