[kropotkin thinks...] - WSBK: Camier Out for the Year?

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It's been a good news/bad news kind of week for Alitalia Aprilia's Leon Camier. The good news is that the Italian team has exercised their option to retain the young Brit for the 2011 season. The bad news is that Camier may not compete again this season. Already a scratch for this weekend's Imola round due to a broken scaphoid bone incurred in practice at the Nurburgring, Camier says that his doctors are telling him that it might not be advisable to risk re-injuring his wrist at the season-ending Magny Cours round on October 3rd.

The wrist, particularly the scaphoid, is a devilishly tricky piece of kit that sometimes frustrates attempts to predict a return to fitness. As all riders and racers know, that area of the body takes a lot of strain, especially on braking. As for Camier, although he thinks that a return to action this year is unlikely, he hasn't ruled himself out just yet, preferring instead to make the call a bit closer to the actual race date.