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World championship leader Capirossi and home rider Gibernau were taken to hospital for more detailed checks - Capirossi by helicopter, Gibernau by ambulance.
Capirossi underwent scans to his chest - to check that he hadn't aggravated internal injuries sustained during last October's Australian GP - and also to his abdomen, which was badly bruised. None of the scans gave any cause for concern, although Capirossi will remain in hospital overnight for observation.
But Gibernau was less lucky: He will need an operation to fix a minor fracture to his left collarbone - during which surgeons will replace a plate inserted after an earlier accident with a larger plate, but will wait 24 hours due to his concussion. Gibernau didn't lose consciousness after the 195kph/121mph accident and was pronounced okay following a brain scan.
Nasty - looks like the cartwheeling bike probably had his front brake lever snagged by the one on his right...........scary. Had that happen in MX, not nice at 30mph!
I'm supprised it hasnt happened before (snagging front brake on other riders).
It was a sickening crash, I saw it live. The dude who flipped was actually using his head to raise his arm off the ground as he rolled... His helmet and suit were a complete mess.
Even worse was seeing the two riders grinding through the gravel unconsious...
