MELANDRI GETS MEDICAL APPROVAL TO RIDE HONDA RC211V TOMORROW
Fortuna Honda team rider Marco Melandri, who arrived at the
Assen circuit yesterday after being discharged from the Catalunya
General Hospital (Barcelona), spoke to the media today for
the first time since his accident.
The Italian sat and chatted with journalists, despite still
suffering with stiffness in his neck, after getting the green
light from doctors to return to action on his Honda RC211V
tomorrow. He will undergo a further medical examination after
taking part in the second free practice session.
MARCO MELANDRI: "I am satisfied with
my recovery. I would never have thught that I could be here
after the accident on Sunday. For me this is a complete success.
Yesterday I began a physiotherapy programme in the Clinica
Mobile, which I continued with throughout today. I am really
keen to get back on the bike but I'll see how I feel tomorrow.
I'm still in pain and I am getting cramps and pains in places
I didn't notice before. For example my right shoulder now
hurts me more than my left. although my physical conditioning
has helped. My objective in the short term is to recover my
fitness as son as possible.
At lunchtime Marco completed a few laps of the track on a
scooter. "Assen has always been the nicest circuit n
the calendar although they have changed it now. It is much
shorter and looks like a lot f other circuits so I think it
has lost some of its character. Tomorrow I'll know more about
it after free practice.."
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