Rossi crashes at Mugello GP

The Mugello crowed was shocked to see Valentini Rossi go down in practice. The crash ended the title battle that had been developing between the two Yamaha team mates.
All races have been won by these two Yamaha riders this 2010 season, Lorenzo in currently 9 points ahead of Rossi in the title race to the top. Rossi suffered a open fracture to his right tibia (shin) when he had the very high speed crash at turn 13 of the Mugello track.

After immediate surgery he is expected to be back walking with crutches within 6 weeks. This would be the first time since 1996 that Valentino Rossi will not start a GP race.
“It was a very sad day today for Yamaha and the Fiat Yamaha team, seeing Vale in so much pain and seriously injured for the first time in his career,” Team Yamaha boss explained.
Team boss Jarvis confirmed that Yamaha will continue running two works bikes in Rossi’s absence, but has not yet given any hints of who it is considering as his stand-in, though speculation has focused on his former team-mate Colin Edwards, now with the satellite Tech 3 Yamaha squad.
Only time will tell what will be happening in the Factory Yamaha Motorsport GP team.

Team Yamaha announces Zero Replacement for Valentino Rossi for the next two races | Moto Gp .
After Valentino Rossi sustained his right tibia injury during practice this past weekend. He is expected to be out for 4 months. The Moto GP regulations specify that a team should replace a Rider after two races, but Brivio stated no rush as he expected Yamaha to mutually agree to similar arrangement.
Current World Motot GP champion Rossi was operated on in Florence and was granted 4 screws
on Saturday and underwent another on Monday.
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo will now be the team’s solitary rider at the UK race in Silverstone next week and at Assen in the Netherlands on 26 June.