Alvaro Bautista
I am back in Spain now recovering and trying to get healthy for the next round in Mugello. I am feeling stronger everyday and will soon be able to train properly to get ready for the next race.
The operation went very well after the motocross crash and I thought I would be able to race at Le Mans, but MotoGP bikes are very demanding machines to ride and the pain on Friday afternoon was really bad. So, I had a pain-killing injection for Saturday morning and everything felt much easier. Unfortunately, I then had the biggest high-side you can imagine and had to retire from the weekend. I didn’t really do any extra damage to my shoulder – luckily – but I did aggravate some bruising around my ribs and hurt my back a bit, which made it hard to breathe properly, so it was better for me to go home than try to race and make it worse.
This was not the start I wanted for my Suzuki and MotoGP career: I have actually done more blogs for the site now than I have finished races, but I am determined to put that right soon. We go to Mugello next week which is a great track and a fantastic atmosphere. I am sure Loris will be fired up for there and I hope he can get a bit a good luck after what happened to him at Le Mans.
Then we go to Barcelona which is a very special place for all the Spanish riders because you can feel every fan pushing you and wanting you to go fast, so it is a very good feeling to be there. I’ve won there before and the emotion of crossing the line first in a home GP is like no other.
