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Casey Stoner says there is a chance he might not be able to finish the 2008 MotoGP season because of problems with a wrist injury first suffered in 2003.
The 2007 world champion led this year’s championship before crashing out in two races in a row, allowing Valentino Rossi to open up a huge lead.
“I’m not 100% but I’ve got a few weeks to try and improve things,” he said.
“I do need an operation, but we’ll race for as long as we can and try and do it at the end of the season.”
The Ducati rider first broke his scaphoid – one of the small bones in the wrist – back in 2003 and the fracture has never healed properly.
Although Stoner has not made a big deal of it himself, team boss Livio Suppo said the Australian was clearly struggling to deal with the injury.
“At the moment, it is a problem in the races for Casey. He doesn’t speak too much about it, but we will be taking things race-by-race,” he said.
“If the pain is manageable then he will finish the season, otherwise we will try and get something arranged earlier.”
Yamaha rider Rossi, who has won the last three races, needs just one point from the remaining four rounds of the championship to be crowned world champion.
Courtesy of BBC Motorsport
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