DYLAN FERRANDIS INJURED IN SPAIN

Dylan Ferrandis had a mixed weekend in the Spanish round of the FIM World MX2 Motocross Championship at Talavera de la Reina, as he could only finish one race for the Monster Energy Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team.

Dylan posted twice the second fastest time during the practice session, but during the qualifying race he crashed; he knocked his head on the ground, and qualified in eighth position. Sadly his first moto came to an early sudden end as the rear brake disc was damaged in a race incident, but Dylan sprinted clear at the start of race two to lead until hurting again his knee three laps from the end. It was the second time as he already hurt his left knee during the warm up, and back to France Dylan had examinations that revealed that his ligaments and meniscus are damaged. Second in the MX2 World Championship, Dylan will be unable to defend his chances, as he will have surgery this week to repair the damaged knee.

Dylan Ferrandis: “ On Saturday I felt confident during the practice sessions, but in the qualifying race I crashed pretty hard on my head when I tried to pass Jordi. I don’t remember exactly what happened, and then Sunday morning I hurt my knee and had some pain all day long. My first start was not so good but after I passed Zaragoza the rear brake disk broke though I can’t explain when and where! I was very happy to get the holeshot in the second race, but on the third lap I again hit the ground with my painful knee and couldn’t maintain the same rhythm. Back at home yesterday I had further examinations on Tuesday morning; the ligaments of my left knee are broken and the meniscus is damaged, so I will have surgery on Thursday. The season is over for me, unfortunately.”