Being wiped out by Randy de Puniet during today’s qualifying session at Estoril has cost Colin Edwards a fractured left collarbone.
Edwards was off the racing line at turn 4 when the CRT rider entered the corner and when he flicked up his Aprilia in the direction change the front folded and it slided out knocking down the NGM Forward rider.
The American is now on his way to Barcelona to undergo surgery and will be operated on by the same doctor who did the three hour surgery on his right collarbone following his crash during last year’s second practice session in Catalunya – he was able to race at a damp Silverstone the following weekend and take a third place podium.
Alex de Angelis with be replacing him on the Suter/BMW during Monday’s post race official test as he tested the CRT machine at the Vairano di Vidigulfo circuit last month.
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