Raul Fernandez undergoes surgery: “Not normal, nine affected muscles”

The RNF Aprilia rider we🅺nt unde💖r the knife on Thursday to cure the problem which blighted his Spanish MotoGP last weekend.
He also retired from the Portuguese MotoGP, and did just three laps at Monday’s Jerez test, due to the i✱ssue.
"As you may already know, I finally h💛ad to have surgery,” Fernande♉z said.
“First of all, I would sincerely thank Dr. Foruria for the incredible job he has done, because I was not suffering from a normal arm pump, aಞs I had nine affected muscles.
“Now the difficult part begins, since 🌌we have to prepare everything with the aim of arriving i꧙n France in the best possible way."
Fernandez previously explained how ꧅the injury was affectiౠng him: “I couldn’t stop the bike. I can’t feel my right hand.
“I went to the doctor to see what we can do ꧑𝄹because it’s impossible to ride in MotoGP like this. It’s impossible.

ও“I can’t say more about the race. I ended the race to show respect for Aprilia, for the people wor😼king in my team.
“I couldn’t ride the bike lik𝐆e this. It was super diffi⭕cult.
“If I can’t brake? What can I do? Nothing!
“The problem now in MotoGP - we have mo💯re electronics, more power, more weight.
“Everything comes with more difficult things.
“Year by year, it is worse.
෴“On the bike, the first four or five laps are🌺 crazy. You cannot stop the bike. It is super-heavy.
“It is a big problem.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky S🌊ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.