J. Lawrence
Out With
Injury; Hymas
Iffy
T
he defending Supercross
Champion, Jett Lawrence,
who pulled out of the third race
of the Glendale Triple Crown
Supercross Saturday night, Feb-
ruary 1, after dabbing his knee
early in the race, will undergo
surgery on Tuesday, January 4.
An MRI on Lawrence's knee
revealed a torn ACL and a small
tear to his meniscus.
"I found out today that I tore
my ACL and am having surgery
tomorrow to repair it," Lawrence
said. "I'm not exactly sure when
I'll be able to return, but rehab-
bing will be my new full-time
job, so I hope to see you guys
as soon as possible! I'm super-
bummed to let the fans down."
"We're all absolutely gutted for
Jett, as we had high hopes for
him winning another Supercross
title this season," added Bran-
don Wilson, Manager of Racing
and Advertising at American
Honda. "Injuries are a part of
racing, though, and everyone at
Honda is pulling for Jett to have
a successful surgery and a good
recovery. We know this is just
a speedbump and that Jett will
be back as strong as ever. In
the meantime, we look forward
to continuing to provide our full
support to our active riders."
Lawrence's Honda HRC team
-
mate Chance Hymas in the
250SX East division will make
a late-race decision to ride or
not to ride for this weekend's
Tampa Supercross, the opening
round for the 250SX East racers.
Hymas is also recovering from
an ACL injury.
CN
VOLUME ISSUE FEBRUARY , P29
An MRI revealed that
Jett Lawrence suffered
a torn ACL in his knee.
Surgery is scheduled for
Tuesday, February 4.
na, I went to Jerez, Thailand, and
now here. It's clear that we have
a mission; we have a lot of work
in front of us, so we are trying
our best, trying to use as much
track time as possible to help
the boys on the factory team.
"Unfortunately, my track
time here wasn't as I expected
because day one was Taka's
time and then day two we had
the rain. So, basically, I just used
day three of the Shakedown, but
we tried many things; Honda
brought many things to this test,
so I'm quite satisfied."
Ai Ogura, Fermin Aldeguer
and Somkiat Chantra—MotoGP's
three rookies for 2025—were
also allowed to test across the
three days. Of the three, reigning
Moto2 World Champion Ogura
stood out. Not only was he fourth
fastest and two-tenths quicker
than next-best rookie Aldeguer,
he posted an impressive 17-lap
race simulation on the final day,
which was three-tenths of a
second faster than what the top
Aprilia managed in the hands of
Maverick Vinales over the same
distance in November's GP.
Elsewhere, there were com
-
petitive times posted by Pol Es-
pargaro (fifth) and Dani Pedrosa
(ninth) as they worked on KTM's
new RC16.
The official Sepang test gets
underway this week and runs
February 5-7.
Neil Morrison
Sepang MotoGP Shakedown
Test Results
1. Fabio Quartararo (Yam) 1:57.794
2. Jack Miller (Yam) 1:58.103
3. Aleix Espargaro (Hon) 1:58.106
4. Ai Ogura (Apr) 1:58.208
5. Pol Espargaro (KTM) 1:58.291
