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Regis Laconi: Life after WSBK racing
The last time we heard something about former WSBK rider Regis Laconi was back in 2010 during the World Ducati Week at Misano where the French rider had announced he wanted to make a comeback following his horrible crash in practice at Kyalami in 2009.
Laconi recovered from his extremely serious neck and head injuries and subsequent eye surgery and even tested the DFXs Ducati (which has now become Pata Racing) but unfortunately with the cracked vertebrae he sustained, racing professionally would have be too dangerous and he was forced to retire.
According to the official World Superbike website, Regis is still putting in miles on two wheels, albeit they’re without an engine but bicycling is now his passion.
Regis Laconi: "I'm Fit and Want to Return"
Regis Laconi wants to return to racing and his testing during the World Ducati Week at Misano wasn’t just a courtesy ride by DFX Corse, but a full blown personal fitness test for the French rider.
During the Monza round, Laconi had announced that he couldn’t risk returning to racing because of the vertebrae fractures he suffered during last year’s Kayalami round, but after testing at Misano he changed his mind and in this interview with French website moto.cardisiaz.com explains why.
“I’m not gonna lie, yes, I want to race again. At Misano, during the WDW there was a huge crowd and it made me warm inside that I was the second rider after Troy Bayliss to have been the most applauded by the public. Then on short notice, I got to ride DFX’s bike and I could feel the bike, I had a good feeling.”
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Regis Laconi at WDW with DFX Corse
Regis Laconi made a surprise return at the Misano race track as part of the World Ducati Week event that kicked off today with his old DFX Corse team.
Laconi, who during his visit at the Superbike paddock at the Monza round, had said that he was retiring due to the cracked vertebrae he sustained during last year’s practice session at Kyalami, reported that his doctors advised that it would be dangerous to return to racing, did try some testing with DFX at Portimao last October.
There is no word on whether this test could lead to a potential return for Laconi in racing or it’s just the rider having some fun at the Ducati event.
Source | motosblog.fr
WSBK: Lorenzo Lanzi to Return to DFX Corse
According to Italian website Motosprint, Italian rider Lorenzo Lanzi will be returning to Superbike team DFX Corse to subsitute Regis Laconi once again.
Lanzi subbed for Laconi for five rounds before being axed for Fonzie Nieto. Both Anthony West e 125 cc rider Andrea Iannone were linked to the team, however DFX’s team manager Daniele Carli picked Lanzi again, because according to the latest news Regis Laconi is still not physically fit to compete.
Laconi, suffered a horrific accident during free practice at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa and successfully recovered from two fractured vertebrae that kept him in a hospital for over a month and then continued physical therapy in France.
The French rider got back on his Ducati just five months after his crash and did three honour laps at his home race at Magny-Cours and later got some track time with his team at the Portimao tests last October.
Lanzi will be back on track for the official Infront tests that take place at Phillip Island the week before the opening round of the season.
Source | crash.net and motosprint
WSBK Magny-Cours: Regis Laconi Back on Track
Five months after his dramatic crash during the first free practice at the Kyalami, South Africa round, WSBK rider Regis Laconi, yesterday rode three honour laps around the Magny-Cours circuit to a big round of applause.
The French rider riding his blue and white DFX Corse Ducati 1098R with his personal #55 wanted to thank the support he received from fans and friends during this terrible period and show that he has almost returned to full fitness and determined to return to racing.
Laconi will undergo further medical tests and could return to track for the Portimao tests that will take place October 27th and 28th.
Source | dfxcorse
More on Regis Laconi
Regis Laconi returned home last Thursday and after a medical check at the hospital, the French rider was given the all clear and will not have to undergo in-clinic rehabilitation and will be able to continue his recovery directly at home.
Physically he has fully recovered and is already back in training on an exercise bike and swimming, however his full recovery will include a lengthy convalescence to ensure that the hematoma he suffered in the crash has been completely absorbed.
Laconi’s speech is back to normal as his friend Paul-Louis Collignon reported last week and his medium to long-term memory is gradually returning.
Laconi has expressed a desire to return to racing, while he was still in the hospital in Johannesburg, but the rider will have to undergo after his full recovery, medical and sporting authorities evaluation and approval. The French rider is reported to have not lost any of his humour and has been visited by his crewchief and friends.
If you understand French, you can listen to French website Motorevue telephone interview with Laconi on their audio player here.
Regis Laconi returns to France
According to French website Motorevue, Regis Laconi ‘s health is steadily getting better. His friend and lawyer Paul-Louis Collignon was on hand when Laconi landed in a Paris for a rest stop before being flown the next day to Marseilles, where he will be taken to an Aix en Provence clinic for rehabilitation, reported that Laconi got out of his wheelchair and embraced him.
Paul Louis Collignon:
“He looks drawn and tired, but that’s what you’d expect for someone who has spent 20 days in hospital, going through what he has. But it’s great, it’s like a dream to see him so well. It will still take a long time for him to be fully fit again, but he has already made huge progress already.”
The lawyer also reported that the French rider is able to move his head up and down, left and right the and has acquired total mobility of all four limbs. His speech is almost normal, even if he has the tendency to mix up French, Italian and the English languages and is occasionally out of touch with reality, but his latest scans shows that the cerebral hematoma is slowly being absorbed.
Collignon also said that Laconi demanded the car keys because he was insisting on driving so they could arrive sooner and that one of the female medics that accompanied the injured rider on the Europ Assistance long flight from Johannesburg, got her back side pinched and a marriage proposal from Laconi.
Regis Laconi Health Update
Good news about Regis Laconi, the French rider who rides for DFX Corse and was seriously injured during free practic at the Kyalami circuit on May 25th is slowly getting better. According to several Italian websites, Laconi is now able to move about in his room in Sunninghill Hospital. The Clinica Mobile is also reporting that Laconi will be flying home today on an EuropAssistance flight accompanied by a French doctor and will be taken to a neuro rehabilitation clinic in Aix-en-Provence to continue his therapy.
Regis Laconi Health Update
WSBK rider Régis Laconi who crashed during last Friday’s free practice at Kyalami, underwent surgery today. Dr. Maurizio Zorio and his team carried out the surgery and inserted a metal plate to stabilize the two cervical vertebrae fractured in the crash. In addition a fragment of bone that had lodged close to the spinal cord was also removed and plastic surgery was carried out on the relevant area with a skin graft from the hip.
According to Mandy Toubkin, spokesperson for Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, “the operation went well and the neuro-surgeons are satisfied by Laconi’s progress and that the French rider’s health is stable.”
Paul Louis Coulignon, lawyer and Laconi’s friend however has said: “that the doctors have found that his left leg is paralyzed, but it’s early to say if the paralysis is temporary or permanent and that he comunicates only by hand squeezing.”
If all goes according to plans, but not before May 30th, Laconi will be flown to Paris where he will continue his recovery.
Update on Regis Laconi
From DFX Corse Press Release:
Regis Laconi’s medical state remains unchanged. The French rider, currently in the intensive car department of the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, is still in a drug-induced coma and breathes only with assistance.
In the medical consultation that took place this afternoon doctors decided to try to gradually awaken Regis during the coming night. This will allow the medical team to access the rider’s reactions to exterior stimuli, and particularly the mobility that he has in his arms and legs. If the response is positive the surgery to resolve the problem of the fractured vertebrae will be carried out in the next 72 hours. Regis’ condition remains serious but stable. The neurosurgeon that is monitoring the situation, having declared the cranial trauma and hematoma to be serious, is cautiously optimistic.
The DFX Corse squad thanks the medical team at Sunninghill Hospital for the assistance and care that they are offering to the rider. Tomorrow morning a further press release will be issued with an update regarding Laconi’s condition.
Further update:
Italian website GPone are now reporting that Laconi has been taken out of his coma and is able to move his arms and legs.
WSBK - Regis Laconi Seriously Injured
During the first lap of this morning’s free practice session at Kyalami, Règis Laconi (Ducati DFX) crashed in the section between turn 11 and turn 12. Unfortunately in the crash the French rider, despite not hitting any obstacle, suffered a severe trauma to the cervical vertebrae striking the top of his head. Stabilized at the track side he was transported by helicopter to the nearby Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg.
Laconi has been placed in a pharmacologica coma and reported as being on the danger list. A CAT scan revealed significant cranial trauma and five suspected vertebrae fractures but no spinal cord injuries. The French rider’s critical conditions will require an operation; two plates will be inserted to support his vertebral column which will be carried out by a neurological specialist in the next few hours.
A press release issued by the DFX Corse team says Laconi has seemingly not suffered any neurological trauma and is able to move his limbs.
TwoWheels sends Regis our best wishes and prayers for his full and fast recovery.
Source | dfxcorse
UPDATE:
Régis Laconi ready for Magny-Cours
The next round of World Superbike is bringing us to French shores, to the Magny-Cours race track. The track is 4.411 Km long and 23 laps are to be completed.
Home rider from the PSG1 Kawasaki Superbike Team Régis Laconi hopes for consistent weather conditions to allow him to compete a top grid position in qualifying. In Vallelunga Régis scored good points in the second race and hopes with the support from the local crowed to score again some good points. Régis is 19th in the general standings today with 44 points.
Régis Laconi said: “At the previous race in Italy we found something good on the bike set-up, by making the rear suspension a bit softer. It seemed to work quite well. So we will try something like that again. We were better on the fast parts than the slower parts at Vallelunga, and Magny-Cours has both fast and slow corners. I try my best at every race, but obviously it is special to be racing at my home track this weekend.”
Source | Kawasaki Racing
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