Kallio to go under the knife before Brno
Added on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 by Carole Nash Editor
Kallio to go under the knife before Brno
Mika Kallio will go under the knife during the MotoGP summer break as he looks to regain fitness following his crash at Assen four weeks ago.
Kallio missed the US Grand Prix three weeks ago after crashing on the final lap in Assen, breaking a finger in the process. But the Finn fought the pain to race in Germany and at Donington over the past fortnight and will undergo surgery on the injury before arriving in Brno in three weeks time.
“On Tuesday I will have surgery to close the cut on my injured finger and, after a few days of vacation, I will be back at the top for Brno race,” he declared.
Kallio was also left to rue his decision to change bikes at Donington Park on Sunday which saw him miss out on a potential sixth place finish to end up tenth in a rain-affected British Grand Prix.
“I am not very happy because we expected a lot more from this race. With the dry track we were fighting for sixth position but when it started to rain I thought it would have been better to change bike,” he confirmed.
“After only a couple of laps rain has basically stopped and I couldn’t improve on my prior lap times on slick tyres. In these conditions is never easy to make the right decision, also because you don’t have much time to think about it.”
