Pata Honda rider Leon Haslam crashed and broken his leg in this morning’s free practice session at Assen in the Netherlands as he prepared for round three of the 2013 World Superbike championship.
Leon was taken to hospital in Assen where X-rays confirmed fractures to both his tibia and fibula in his lower left leg.
The 29-year-old British rider is being transferred to hospital in Groningen where a specialist will operate later today to pin Leon’s leg.
Leon’s wife Oli tweeted this picture of the xray shortly after getting to the hospital, adding “Break is just below the knee, he caught it in the wheel and it snapped sideways. Now more X-rays and tests to make a plan on what they will do next, pin or plate. All I know is that he’s much tougher than me and my respect for him has quadrupled.”
Meanwhile Kawasaki Racing Team’s Tom Sykes has topped the timesheets courtesy of a 1’57.190 lap-time, 1.634 seconds faster than current Championship Leader Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team), who scored his maiden WSBK victory on the wet at Assen last year. The two riders finished the same way in the morning’s Free Practice 1, dominating the field on Day 1 at the TT Circuit.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) ended up QP1 in 3rd position, showing renewed confidence after the unfortunate race day at Aragon. The Toomebridge-born rider finished ahead of Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet), who proved to be more at ease on the wet than his team mate and double-race winner at Aragon Chaz Davies, 14th at the chequered flag.
Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki), after the early week doubts on his participation to the round, was on track today – despite his left knee injury – to complete Qualifying 1 with an encouraging 10th place.
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