Aoyama to assess injury at Sepang

Hiroshi Aoyama will assess the condition of his fractured wrist at the start of MotoGP’s forthcoming pre-season test at Sepang.

The 31-year-old Japanese rider suffered his injury when he fell while training on a motocross bike at a Barcelona circuit in January.

His recovery is taking longer than expected, and MotoGP specialist Dr Xavier Mir has advised him to keep it unstressed for a further week in order to speed the healing process.

That could compromise his participation in the first test of the season, which runs from February 3-4 for CRTs only and then for a further three days with the MotoGP prototypes.

CRT squad Avintia confirmed Aoyama as a full-time rider in 2013 in November last year.

2013 MotoGP pre-season testing

 
Venue         Date 
Sepang*       3-4 February 
Sepang        5-7 February 
Sepang        26-28 February 
Austin**      12-14 March 
Jerez         23-25 March
 
* Only open for CRTs
 ** HRC private test
 

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