Crutchlow: “There were times I thought I’d never ride again”
Three months after his Phillip Island crash, the British rider spoke to MCN about his injury and the tough road to recovery Three months have now passed since Cal Crutchlow’s (LCR Honda Castrol) horrendous Turn 1 crash at Phillip Island which left him with bad multiple fractures to his right ankle and leg. In an interview with British publication Motor Cycle News, the three-time Grand Prix winner explains the extent of his injury and the long, tough road to recovery since undergoing multiple surgeries. “I knew at the start it was a bad injury, and my surgeon told me afterwards how close they were to fusing it because of how bad the fracture was,” began Crutchlow. “It’s called a Pilon fracture and it’s basically the worst you can have as it’s caused by rotational forces. They had to reconstruct the talus, and that’s what they were most worried about. “That part has gone really well though. I’ve got two plates on my tibia, one on the inside and one on the centre, but...