Moto2 rider Marcel Schrotter credited a new Suter chassis for his career-best second-place qualification, because of better stability in corner entry. But the German was battling another problem – persistent pain from the wrist fracture that ruled him out of several races after the summer break.
Schrotter broke the scaphoid bone while on a training ride with Jack Miller in Australia during the summer break; and while he didn’t let it stop him riding in the Suzuka 8 Hours, that was enough to leave him in more serious trouble.
“The pain won’t go away,” he said in Australia, where he was riding with a lightweight cast to protect it; and needing painkillers to cope with heaving the bike back and forth through the fast direction changes.
By Michael Scott
Marcel Schrotter