He's Back.... Well Sorta...

[Jimmy Ducati]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport/casey-stoner-sets-fourth-fastest-qualifying-time-ahead-of-racing-return-at-suzuka-8-hours/story-e6frf3z3-1227455257195

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/221352/1/suzuka-more-to-come-stoner.html


How long before he's back in the Show...?   

[Triple J]

I don't think he'll ever return to GP. Unfortunately.

[Needle99]

Pretty sure his racing days are done and dusted now....

[Triple J]

Stuck throttle he says. Broken scapula and tibia. Scary crash.

Suzuka 8 hours 2015 Start race and Casey Stoner crash

[kopfjäger]

Ouch

[koko64]

He was doing ok too.

I call sabotage.

[DarkMonster620]

[thought]

Damn... that's the kind of thing that's going to be hard to explain to the wife when he tells her about wanting to race again.

[OT]

I call sabotage.

LMAO


Adriana: "I told you so.........."

[koko64]

 

[duccarlos]

He's lucky. That was a nasty looking crash.

[thought]

Didn't mention it before but damn... I really wanted him to win this one and get the itch to race again.  But seeing what happened to Spies after a broken shoulder makes me really think he's out for good now.

Sucks that it had to happen due to a problem with the bike

[Triple J]

Different issue - rotator cuff (Spies) vs Scapula (Stoner and pretty much every other moto racer). Sucks for sure though. I didn't think he'd ever come back anyway, but this seals the deal.

[duccarlos]

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/07/27/stoner-i-decided-to-lay-it-over-and-hit-the-barrier/180433

[thought]

Different issue - rotator cuff (Spies) vs Scapula (Stoner and pretty much every other moto racer). Sucks for sure though. I didn't think he'd ever come back anyway, but this seals the deal.

Ah, good to know that it's not the same kind of damage.  Reading those articles articles about the issues Spies had over this recovery made me think that just general shoulder damage like that could cause the same issues.