Colin Edwards will have to miss the MotoGP season finale at Valencia and his last race with Yamaha Tech3 following the injuries he sustained during that fatal lap 2 at Sepang that claimed the life of Marco Simoncelli last weekend.
The YamahTech3 rider will have to undergo surgery on a left arm injury due to numerous small fractures at the top of his humerous bone that also has cartilage damage around the tip of the same bone and has severe swelling to both wrists and right heel, but fortunately for the Texan there are no fractures.
“Firstly, I want to thank everybody for all their messages of support since Sunday.
The support and love has been overwhelming and it has been a great comfort to me at this difficult time.
My heart goes out to the family and friends of Marco and I will miss him a lot, as will the entire MotoGP family.
I watched Marco’s funeral yesterday and I really wish I could have been there.
I wanted to go but unfortunately my injuries meant I was unable to travel.
I know Valentino spoke to Marco’s family on my behalf and I thank him for that.
It was a great service and a fitting celebration of his life.
I also wanted to be in Valencia next week to give my support to MotoGP, but it is not going to be possible because of the surgery I need on my left arm.
The top of my left humerus bone has got multiple small fractures but the cartilage that is around the top of the bone has been pulled off.
The surgery will anchor the cartilage back to the bone but there is no nerve damage, so I should be 100 per cent in about four weeks,” said Edwards.
His team is currently considering a replacement rider for Valencia and the Yamaha factory team has yet to confirm if Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will be fit to ride next weekend.
