Miguel Oliveira fractured humerus: “The damage is greater than expected”

RNF Aprilia reports that Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira has suffered a “small fracture of the humerus bone in his left arm”.

“After the Jerez Circuit Medical Center team – Ángel Nieto who treated Miguel immediately [Oliveira] After a dislocated left shoulder was discovered and put in place, further scans at Jerez de la Frontera Hospital later on Sunday showed the damage was greater than expected and revealed a small fracture of the humerus bone of the left arm. he [Miguel] He will undergo further testing this week,” the Malaysian team said, in a statement.

Early in the morning, RNF Aprilia already knew that Miguel Oliveira would be excluded from the official tests in Jerez, to be replaced by Lorenzo Savadori, on Monday, without realizing the possible period of exclusion of the Portuguese.

Miguel Oliveira suffered from A A massive fall in Sunday’s race, after Fabio Quartararo slipped, which dragged the Portuguese driver. Quartararo crashed on the circuit’s second curve and Miguel Oliveira ended up being carried on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to the circuit’s medical center.

Later, Miguel regretted the incident and assumed the start of the season was “far” from the one he had envisionedHe added that he would conduct “further examinations to understand the extent of the injury.”

“Luck knocked on the door again and as a result I dislocated my shoulder. Faith and patience in recovery and looking forward,” he concluded with some irony in the mix, in an Instagram post on Sunday.