Man of the Week – Jorge Lorenzo – 16 July 2012

Jorge Lorenzo

At the Italian MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo won again and now sits well ahead of the others at the top of the MotoGP standings:

Jorge Lorenzo: 185 points

Dani Pedrosa: 166 points

Casey Stoner: 148 points

Andrea Dovizioso: 108 points

Cal Crutchlow: 95 points

Lorenzo, who rides for Yamaha, thanked his “lucky helmet”.

I confess to not knowing a lot about MotoGP so I decided, after reading about Lorenzo, to list some of his injuries!!!

1 May 2008 – thrown from his bike in practice during a practice in China.  Chipped bone and snapped ankle ligament in his left ankle and fractured bone in his right.  He finished the race in 4^th ……

20 July 2008 – since 1 May he had a few more crashes and on 20 July he had his 7^th crash in 3 months where he hurt his right foot/ankle and broke bones in his left foot.  Accidents however don’t appear to stop him racing …

2009 – broken bone in right foot, contusions in both ankles and damage to collarbone …

2010 – he nearly lost his hand in Australia!

The thing is though he carries on riding with injuries like this and worse.  The men who ride these bikes are insane!!

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