Raul Fernandez withdraws from French MotoGP after attempting to ride on Friday

“He tried to ride, but after just three laps, Fernandez had ♏to unde♚rstand that the condition of his right arm doesn’t allow him to ride the way he wants to,” RNF Aprilia confirmed.
“The Spaniar🐬d will need to skip the rest of the French GP in order to recover for the next round.”
The RNF Aprilia rider recently underwent arm pumpಌ surger🦹y after complaining of being unable to ride.
“I couldn’t stop the bike,” he had previousl♈y said. “I can’t feel my right hand.
“I went to the doctor to see what we can do because it’s impo✅ssible to ride in MotoGP like this. It’s impossible.”
Fernandez arrived at Le Mans this we💮ekend optimistic that he could ride.
“I feel good to ride,” he said in advance of ༒the weekend. “I hope I can get at least the chance to try my RS-GP and find out how my arm feels on the bike.
“Thisꦯ weekend, we don’t have to talk about results at all, the main thing is, I will be able to ride and try to get back to shape and en🍌joy.”
But ultimately it was too soon.
Both of R🎐🔯NF Aprilia’s riders will now be absent. Miguel Oliveira is absent with a shoulder injury after a crash involving Fabio Quartararo in Jerez, so will be replaced by Lorenzo Savadori.

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