FIM MotoGP World Championship Mugello, Italy June 5, 2010 Free Practice Two Results (all on Bridgestone tires): 1. Jorge LORENZO, Spain (Yamaha), 1:49.282 2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Italy (Honda), 1:49.620 3. Dani PEDROSA, Spain (Honda), 1:49.701 4. Valentino ROSSI, Italy (Yamaha), 1:49.923, crash 5. Randy DE PUNIET, France (Honda), 1:50.214 6. Casey STONER, Australia (Ducati), 1:50.233 7. Colin EDWARDS, USA (Yamaha), 1:50.357 8. Ben SPIES, USA (Yamaha), 1:50.392 9. Nicky HAYDEN, USA (Ducati), 1:50.426 10. Loris CAPIROSSI, Italy (Suzuki), 1:50.495 11. Hector BARBERA, Spain (Ducati), 1:50.562 12. Aleix ESPARGARO, Spain (Ducati), 1:50.764 13. Marco MELANDRI, Italy (Honda), 1:50.922 14. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Japan (Honda), 1:51.160 15. Marco SIMONCELLI, Italy (Honda), 1:51.318 16. Mika KALLIO, Finland (Ducati), 1:51.393 17. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Spain (Suzuki), 1:53.837 More, from a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: ROSSI FRACTURES RIGHT TIBIA IN MUGELLO Valentino Rossi has suffered a displaced and exposed fracture of his right tibia after crashing in practice for the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello this morning. The reigning World Champion crashed his Fiat Yamaha M1 at turn thirteen, the fast chicane at the top of the hill, and was taken immediately to the circuit Medical Centre for x-rays. Further information will be made public as soon as a more detailed examination has been completed. Rossi will not take any further part in this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. More, from another press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: ROSSI INJURY UPDATE – 1230 CET Following his crash in practice for the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello this morning, Valentino Rossi has been taken by helicopter to the Careggi Hospital in Florence for a deeper medical examination. After that he will be moved to the CTO (Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico), which is close by. The official diagnosis, made by the circuit Medical Centre and the Chief Medical Officer, is that Rossi has suffered a displaced and exposed fracture to the third medium of the right shinbone. More information will be released once it is available in due course. More, from another press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: ROSSI INJURY UPDATE – 1430 CET After undergoing further medical checks at the Careggi Hospital Emergency Centre and afterwards at the CTO (Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico) in Florence, it has been decided that Valentino Rossi will undergo an operation this afternoon on his fractured right shinbone. He is going under anaesthetic now and a further update will be sent once the operation has finished. Rossi crashed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello this morning, suffering a displaced and exposed fracture to the third medium of the right shinbone.