RIDER UPDATES

This just in regarding the two top MotoGP riders who took similar flying leaps in the same place a lap apart during Saturday qualifying for Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway:  Pole sitter JORGE LORENZO/Fiat Team Yamaha is reported to have a partial dislocation of right collarbone and bruised right foot.

Third place qualifier,  CASEY STONER/Ducati Team Ducati,  will be OK. The team spokesperson said he is shaky, but will be fine. This is apart and separate from his ongoing problems with an unknown illness which saps his strength and leaves him exhausted and sick.

More to follow as it is known.