Hector Barbera’s Motegi race ended on lap 2 at turn 12 when he lost the front of his Aspar Mapfre Ducati and crashed. Unfortunately the Spaniard has been diagnosed with fractured right collarbone, which puts his partecipation at Phillip Island in two weeks time now in doubt.

As the rider lost consciousness following the crash, the circuit doctors decided to airlift him to the Dokkyo hospital in Mibu, where a CAT scan confirmed that his collarbone was fractured. Barbera will be required to a stay in the hospital between 24 and 48 hours.

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All the MotoGP teams have arrived in Malaysia and are already set up and ready to roll for the beginning of the official three day test that kicks off tomorrow.

Hector Barbera twittered these photos of his Ducati Desmosedici GP11 from the track, informing his fans that “El color es sorpresa,pero ya os digo que le queda precioso!y no,no es amarilla!:)” so the livery on his Aspar Racing Ducati bike will no longer be the distinctive yellow of the Páginas Amarillas (yellow pages) he used last year, and that we’ll be getting a surprise on the color.

After Valentino Rossi’s leathers and Ducati livery, anything can only be an improvement.

Source | motoblog.it

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