Matiss misses out
By TMX Archives on 1st Mar 13
Matiss Karro will miss the opening two GPs, in Qatar and Thailand, following another injury.
The 21-year-old Latvian flipped over the bars while training at Lommel last week and hyper-extended his wrist.
Scans revealed that he has suffered a fracture.
"It was only about my third lap and I was going quite slowly when the front wheel dropped into a hole,” explained a disconsolate Matiss.
He now faces an uphill task to rack up enough points to be in the top 15 riders, who will qualify for the freight allowance for the fly-away double header rounds in Brazil and Mexico in May.
The injury is devastating news for the universally-liked STR KTM teamster, who just days earlier at Valence had enjoyed his first race since he compressed vertebrae at last July's Swedish GP.
Team manager, Steve Turner, was understandably dejected.
"I can't believe Matiss's bad luck,” he said.
"He is obviously really upset and the rest of the team members are absolutely gutted for him.
"He has worked so hard to recover from last season's injuries and has shown a tremendous desire and commitment to get back to full fitness.”
Karro was due to have the wrist wired within a couple of days of the injury and is hopeful that he will be be back on the bike fairly soon.
