Utag Yamaha.com’s Zach Osborne has made a startling recovery from the
left radius bone he chipped in practice for the Grand Prix of Portugal
two and a half weeks ago and is now set to return to MX2-GP World
championship action for his team at Mallory Park for their home event
this weekend.
The British Grand Prix represents the seventh round of the series and
the first of five events in the next six weeks. Osborne, who was
originally given a recovery estimation of between 4-6 weeks, has
regained enough strength and confidence in the wrist to mount his
YZ250FM this week and attempt his first GP on UK turf for the English
squad.
The American and winner of the Turkish Grand Prix has been undergoing
intense laser treatment and oxygen tank sessions to speed up recovery
of the fracture. “Zach has kept his training up and has been having a
lot of treatment,” said Team Principal Steve Dixon. “He feels his
wrist is healing well but at the moment his movement is still
restricted so we will have to see at the weekend about his
manoeuvrability.”
“Zach will ride a small amount on Thursday and then ride wisely on
Saturday to build up for Sunday,” he continued. “He will push to do as
well as he can but understands equally that two potential top 10 rides
will help towards his final championship goal.”
“After the British GP and then France there is a chance to miss the
British championship round at Hawkstone to have another full two weeks
off to be fully fit and repaired ready for the German GP. One thing
for certain is that Zach is not a person to opt out at the first
hurdle and he deserves full credit for putting himself back in
contention.”
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