VOLUME 57 ISSUE 30 JULY 28, 2020 P53
after suffering serious injury, a few
raised the question of the MotoGP
doctors in this. After all, how could
anyone, no matter how strong, pass
a fitness test so soon after fracturing
their upper arm (Marquez), scaph-
oid (Crutchlow) or dislocating their
shoulder (Rins)? Was the fitness test
really a proper tryout? Miguel Oliveira
was a skeptic, stating, "The doctors
do what the rider wants. [For Mar-
quez] we are talking about a bone
that was just recently fixed getting
out of surgery. So, the risk is there,
because if you have a crash the thing
can come off completely." But on
Saturday Crutchlow gave details of
what he went through on Thursday
to prove he was capable of riding in
FP1. "People think you can just walk
in there and they say you can go out
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