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Injured Lorenzo determined to race

MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo will attend the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca and may try and race despite doctors advising him to rest his broken collarbone.

The Yamaha rider is third overall in the standings after eight of 18 races and just 11 points behind leader Marc Marquez.

He had earlier posted a photograph on Twitter of himself packing a bag with the words "almost ready for Laguna Seca".

‘I’LL TRY NOT TO TAKE TOO MANY RISKS’

Yamaha said Lorenzo wanted to be with his team and could make an attempt to start.

After crashing heavily in practice at the Sachsenring in Germany, the Yamaha rider had assured his 800 000 followers that he did not want to take more risks and was planning to return at Indianapolis in August 2013.

The rider said he had thought it would be "convenient" to take time out to recover "but over the last two days I have felt much better so now I want to be there, although I will try not take too many risks".

Team manager Wilco Zeelenberg said the team would set the strategy for the weekend once Lorenzo had arrived.

The champion broke his collarbone in a crash at Assen in the Netherlands in June 2013, had surgery and returned the next day to race and finish fifth.

‘HIS INJURY IS HEALING WELL’

In Germany, Lorenzo bent the titanium plate that had been inserted along with eight screws and required further shoulder surgery.

Doctor Marc Cots at  Barcelona's Catalunya general hospital said: "His injury is healing well and looks completely normal.

"The plate we inserted is well positioned and we're pleased with the progress the injury is making. Jorge is physically capable of riding again now, just as he did at Assen immediately after his previous surgery.

"However, our advice is to be cautious and avoid the risk of another crash. But the decision on when to return is entirely up to him."


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