Factory BMW's Leon Haslam will go under the knife in Melbourne on Thursday in order to fix a fracture and two cracks in his right leg after a huge highside at the Phillip Island World Superbike test yesterday left him battered and bruised.
After an initial diagnosis on Monday showed a fracture in Haslam’s right tibia, further examinations today confirmed that he had a fracture and two cracks in his tibia, a crack in his left heel and a small crack in his right little toe.
The Derbyshire man will undergo surgery on Thursday in a specialist clinic, which is well known for fixing sports injuries in the leg and ankle areas. The plan is to insert two screws to fix the tibia fragment in its original place.
"I am a bit frustrated looking at the times everyone was doing today. Last week we had similar conditions and my times would have been good for fighting for the top three places. But that’s racing. I am very happy to have found a good surgeon in Melbourne in Dr. Blackney," said Haslam.
"He will operate on me on Thursday morning and insert two screws to fix my tibia bone. I’ve got a small crack in the right heel and a small crack in my left little toe. Hopefully I will be back at the track on Thursday afternoon and able to jump on the bike on Friday.”
