To say that John Hopkins in his debut season with Stiggy Racing Honda Team in the WSBK series has been unlucky would be an understatement.
Hopkins who replaced Roberto Rolfo the team has been plagued with numerous and serious injuries.
The American crashed out during pratice at Assen, breaking his left hip, forcing him to miss four rounds.
He had to sit out the Misano round and cut short the Imola test after being advised by the Clinica Mobile not to ride.
When the Nurburgring round came around, Hopkins was back to almost full fitness, but was involved in a first lap pile-up that saw him run over by Vittorio Iannuzzo.
The doctors diagnosed a slight concussion and bruises to his shoulder and wrist and released him, however on returning to the States and further tests found that Hopkins received a small bruise to the back of the brain that had bled, but fortunately had already stopped.
The American and will undergo a further scan in six weeks times to determine if the bruise has completely healed.
Hopkins also underwent three different surgeries repairing torn ligaments and tendons in his left shoulder and hip, and on his scaphoid and a bone separation in his right wrist, that required the bones to be fused.
Hopkins and his wife Ashleigh have started a video diary and channel so that fans can regularly check up on his conditions
