MotoGP Blog

Alex Hoffman suffered a horrible injury at Laguna, but looks to be making an astonishingly quick recovery. Whether he will be back from injury in time for Misano at the start of September is dubious to say the least, especially when you consider the damage to his hand; pictures are up in the news section of his website.

His hand looks like it has been opened up by something sharp on the palm-side, something he confirmed in a TV interview recently - a piece of metal supporting a control on the handlebars is though to be to blame. Dr. Ting has then tackled the injury from the other side of the hand to allow repairs to be made. Considering the degree of the injury and the complexity of the muscle, bone and nerves in the hand, it is amazing the Hoff is considering returning to bikes at all this year. I think we might see him back in Japan.