Bradley Smith injures his leg at Oschersleben 8H

Bradley Smith, the MotoGP rider invited this weekend on the official Yamaha No. 7 of YART to compete in the Oschersleben 8 Hours, the last event of the 2016 season, has just injured his leg during a fall during the first tests…

Bradley Smith, the MotoGP YART rider to compete in the Oschersleben 8 Hours, the last event of the 2016 season, has injured his leg during a fall during the first practice…

The British rider, however, did not have a broken femur as the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) had first announced based on the first findings of circuit doctors, but remains for the moment in hospital in order to to "treat his leg injury", says Yamaha Racing.

"No broken bone on the x-rays, I just have to have my leg sewn up and assess other injuries," Bradley Smith said on his Twitter account..

This is a hard blow for the pilot but also for the official YART team, competing for the 2016 World Endurance Championship currently dominated by the front of particularly sharp candidates….

Alongside Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz, the Yamaha Tech3 rider – before moving to – was competing for the second time in his career in a world endurance event after winning last year the .

Provisional pole

However, the Yamaha n ° 7 from YART remained the fastest of these first tests thanks to Marvin Fritz (see the) ahead of two other R1s: n ° 32 from the Rabid Transit team and n ° 94 from GMT. Two BMW S1000RR closes the top 5 ahead of Kawasaki SRC n ° 11 (6th) and Suzuki n ° 1 of SERT (7th).

At the end of the first qualifying session this afternoon, the Yamaha n ° 7 of YART remains in the lead and takes the provisional pole position at the average of the cumulative times. While waiting for the second qualifying session tomorrow, Broc Parkes and Marvin Fritz are ahead of the Suzuki No. 1 SERT and Yamaha No. 94 GMT.

Provisional Top 10 of the 2016 World Endurance Championship

1. April Moto Motors Events – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (68 points)
2. SRC – Kawasaki ZX-10R (60 points)
3. YART – Yamaha YZF-R1 (60 points)
4. SERT – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (59 points)
5. F.C.C. TSR – Honda CBR1000RR (56 points)
6. GMT94 – Yamaha YZF-R1 (52 points)
7. Honda Endurance – Honda CBR1000RR (51 points)
8. Team R2CL – Suzuki GSX-R1000 (45 points)
9. Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZF-R1 (35 points)
10. Voelpker NRT48 Schubert-Motors – BMW S 1000 RR (35 points)

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