Pol Espargaro update: Brutal recovery details, and unclear comeback plan

Doctors “do not share the confidence” of Pol Espargaro’s team in predicting an earlier return from injury to MotoGP.
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Espargaro may remain on the sidelines for a further four months until August,🙈 report.

H✃is GASGAS Tech3 team hope he could be fit to race in two months, at Mugello (11 June), Sachsenring (18 June) or Assen (25 June), the report says, but medic𒐪al professionals have a longer time-frame in mind.

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Espargaro 😼crashed at the season-opening Portuguese MotoGP in FP2, and has missed all six races across three rounds🅠 so far as a result.

He suffered a broken jaw which has required 🅺surgery, a lung issue and also has a back 𝔉injury.

His brother Aleix Espargaro has previously said: “He will have a very lo﷽ng recovery process. The most important thing is that he can recover. 

“He wants to get on the bike tomorrow, but that can't happ💛e🌼n. 

“The important thing, being young, is that he recove✱rs well from the issue of his back because it is a complicated injury.

“It seemed that it would be all a little less but he𒐪 is in a lot of pain.”

The brutal details of Pol Espargaro’s recovery

Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March
Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March

His jaw injury, ൲on the right side of his face, was🃏 impairing his hearing. The surgery to fix it meant several teeth were extracted, and replaced by implants.

His lung contusion affected his breathing capacity. His breathing is bei🃏ng partially supported by a ventilator.

His bac﷽k injury needs more rest and will prevent any serious rehabilitation work starting.

When his back and lung problems ⛦are healed, he will need several weeks of training just to rebuild the core fitness required to race a MotoGP bike.

When will Pol Espargaro be back?

Pol Espargaro crash, Portuguese MotoGP. 24 March
Pol Espargaro crash, Portuguese MotoGP. 24 March

Estimates for his comeback are July 9 (Kazakhstan), August 6 (Silverstone) or August 20 (Spielberg), according to Speeꦡdwee🎃k.

Jonas Folger r🎶eplaced Espargaro for GASGAS Tech3 at the MotoGP Grand Prix♛ of the Americas, and is signed up to race at Jerez and Le Mans on May 14.

Although Folger is unconfirmed beyond May 14 because of the team’s optimism surrounding Espargaro’s return, it is expected that he will 💎continue deputising until GASGAS Tech3’s top ride🔯r is ready.

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