Krummenacher survives training accident lightly

The 27-year-old, as well as the Irish Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) were very lucky in this incident that nothing more happened. While the Irishman remained uninjured, Krummenacher came away with a flesh wound on the left shin. The unfortunate end of the test for both riders was triggered by an engine failure on Laverty's racing machine in the braking zone before turn 1 of the 4.4 km Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain. Krummenacher was riding just behind Laverty at the time and had no chance of avoiding a collision.

Up to this point, the first test for Krummi with this year's work machine, the Kawasaki ZX-10R Superbike of the Italian Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Team, went very positively. In perfect weather with warm temperatures from midday on last Tuesday and Wednesday, he and his crew were already able to get a good feel for the superbike. From the beginning it seemed as if he had never ridden another bike. Krummi was able to set competitive lap times straight away, although there were still many adjustments to be made initially, and improved with each run over the course of the two days. Because of the injury, Krummenacher will now miss the next tests, which would have been scheduled for this weekend in Portugal and next week in Jerez.

"I had absolutely no chance to swerve. Fortunately, I got off lightly with a flesh wound on my left shin. No muscles or anything else were injured. But this injury is very delicate because of the risk of infection and therefore caution is required. Therefore, I will now take a few days off and let the wound heal carefully. I think I'll definitely be ready to test in the week before the World Championship opener in Australia. Of course, now I'm wondering why this had to happen, it cost valuable time. But that's racing. You think you always have everything under control, but some things you just can't control. In this situation, I had no chance."

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