DFX Ducati's Regis Laconi was brought out of his pharmacological coma last night and was immediately able to move his arms and legs without any outside help. Doctors at the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg have decided to operate on the French rider on Tuesday.

The operation that involves the application of a plate to stabilize the two fractured vertebrae. The operation will be carried out on Tuesday 19th May, and Regis will have to stay a minimum of two weeks in the same hospital.

He should, at the end of the month, be in a condition to be transferred to Paris, where he will complete his convalescence. The other neurological problems resulting from the crash are also showing positive results.