Jorge Lorenzo to miss Czech Republic and Austria GP to return to Great Britain

Injured at the GP of the Netherlands, Jorge Lorenzo will not make his return to the GP of the Czech Republic on August 4, nor to the GP of Austria on the 11th: the official HRC rider does not plan to take the handlebars again until the Grand GP Brittany at Silverstone, August 25… Explanations.

Still recovering from his fractures of the T6 and T8 thoracic vertebrae due to his, Jorge Lorenzo has already had to forfeit the German GP and will also miss the Czech Republic GP and the Austrian GP…

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"Jorge Lorenzo preferred to focus on his rehabilitation and will be back for the British GP on August 25," announces the HRC that we can imagine not very pleased with this new absence…

Silverstone objective

According to the Repsol Honda team, the team and the rider would have agreed to say that "it was better that he miss the races in Czech Republic and Austria to continue to recover and avoid any risk of injury additional".

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, Jorge Lorenzo will be replaced by German rider Stefan Bradl, who was supposed to have a wild card in the Czech Republic but now finds himself with the official Mallorcan bike.

"Lorenzo spent the summer break working on his rehabilitation (with, editor’s note) and his condition is improving, but he still feels pain and his ability to move on the bike remains reduced," said the official Honda team, stressing that "Silverstone was defined as his new target" to take over the handlebars of RRS # 99.

Recall that the Mallorcan – that some would see – is only a distant point with 19 small points, while his teammate Marc Marquez prances in the lead with 185 points…

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