griffonrider;265806 wrote: :agree:Yes indeed!!! I didn't know what I was going to do until I got home and figured out which comcast channel I had to get in Nashville. Does anyone know how Checca is doing? He didn't grid up for race 2 and I'm worried about the boy. Did he just wad up the new bike or is he hurt?
That looked like a hard crash but thankfully he was not seriously hurt......
Carlos Checa will spend a night in hospital for observation after his spectacular collision with Marco Melandri in the opening race of the season at Phillip Island, but has otherwise sustained no serious injuries.
The Spaniard, who had qualified on pole position for the new Ducati 1199 R's debut race, was running fourth when he out-braked himself into the turn four Honda hairpin, clipping the rear end of Melandri's BMW.
Sending both barrelling out of the race, Checa was knocked unconscious in the collision. Coming round a few minutes later, he said he had no recollection of the accident and was taken to the local hospital for further checks.
Once there, he was diagnosed with concussion, but no broken bones or serious injury. He will be kept in overnight as a precaution.
Despite the joy of securing pole position, Checa's accident capped off an otherwise troubled weekend for the Alstare Ducati team after Ayrton Badovini was also forced to withdraw due to a broken foot.
The riders now have six weeks to recover for the second round, which takes place at Motorland Aragon