{"id":7287,"date":"2023-04-12T09:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/motorcycling-pirro-to-replace-bastianini\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:30:33","slug":"motorcycling-pirro-to-replace-bastianini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/motorcycling-pirro-to-replace-bastianini\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycling-Pirro to replace Bastianini at Ducati for Americas GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) -Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will replace the injured Enea Bastianini at this weekend&#8217;s Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the factory team said.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Bastianini suffered a right shoulder blade fracture in the MotoGP season-opener in Portugal last month and also missed the second round in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Ducati said he had a further check-up in Forli after completing a few laps of the Misano circuit on a Panigale V4S superbike.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic confirmed Bastianini would still need a few more weeks to fully recover, Ducati added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enea will therefore continue his rehabilitation with the aim of returning to the track in Jerez and will be replaced in Texas by Michele Pirro.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pirro, 36, last raced at the Circuit of the Americas in 2016 as a stand-in for Danilo Petrucci at Pramac Ducati, finishing eighth. He has raced eight times in the last three seasons with a best result of 11th.     <\/p>\n<p>The fourth race of the season is the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>Honda&#8217;s six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is also ruled out for Sunday&#8217;s race in Austin and has been replaced by German test rider Stefan Bradl alongside Spaniard Joan Mir. <\/p>\n<p>Bradl&#8217;s last race in Texas was also in 2016, with Aprilia.<\/p>\n<p>Mir crashed in the Saturday sprint race in Argentina, missing the main grand prix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am ready to get back on the bike in America,&#8221; he said in a Repsol Honda statement. &#8220;I have been able to spend this week at home recovering fully after the fall on Saturday and getting back to training.&#8221;    <\/p>\n<p>Injured Spaniard Pol Espargaro has been replaced by German rider Jonas Folger at the GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 team.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Peter Rutherford and Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/motorcycling-pirro-to-replace-bastianini\/ftr-motogp-rider-pirro-of-italy-talks-to-his-mechanic\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3B0A3-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3B0A3-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/motorcycling-pirro-to-replace-bastianini\/malaysian-grand-prix\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3B0A5-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3B0A5-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) -Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will replace the injured Enea Bastianini at this weekend&#8217;s Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the factory team said. Italian Bastianini suffered a right shoulder blade fracture in the MotoGP season-opener in Portugal last month and also missed the second round in Argentina. 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