Gabor Talmacsi or Raffaele di Rosa to replace Julian Simon at Silverstone?

Moto2 rider Julian Simon underwent surgery yesterday morning at the USP San José Hospital in Madrid to repair the fractures to his tibia and the fibula that he sustained during the Moto2 Catalunya race when Kenan Sofuoglu clipped the rear of his machine sending both of them into a horrific crash.

The operation was performed by doctors Angel Villamor, Dura and Agustin Rafael Garabito and carried out under epidural anesthesia (imagine hearing the noise of your bones being sawed and hammered at) and lasted three hours.

Simon will have to undergo the usual rehabilitation and probably spend some time in a hyperbaric chamber to speed up his recovery, but no return date has been mentioned so far.
According to the latest rumors Simon’s replacement could be either Gabor Talmacsi or Raffaele De Rosa who was officially axed from the Nieto’s G22 team, just a week before the Spanish GP.
Both riders were seen at Montmelò still looking for a ride.

Sufuoglu and Simon (not likely at all) are to be heard at Silverstone by the Race Direction regarding the incident, however it seems that the telemetry from the Turkish rider’s bike confirmed that the that when he entered the turn where the crash occured he was some 6-7 km/h slower than he previously was.

This fact could help him avoid receiving a penalty, but since the Race Direction is handing them out like parking tickets, we bet that Sofuoglu will get a big dressing down and told to avoid Spanish riders from now on.