Season finished for Joan Lascorz?

Spanish rider Joan Lascorz has admitted that his 2010 World Supersport championship season is all but over, at least according to what the doctors who are looking after him have declared.

The 25-year-old from Barcelona was involved in a nasty crash at turn 1 of lap 1 in the last round of the series at Silverstone when he was tagged from behind by another rider. The Kawasaki Motocard.com man took the full brunt of a heavy impact as he was run over by another competitor while sliding along the tarmac.

Lascorz was diagnosed with four broken ribs, an injury to his shoulder, a finger injury and some blood inside his lung, and with his recovery still expected to last some time, the talented youngster wished to reassure fans of his current situation through his social network page with a mid-August update.

"Hello to all my friends," wrote Lascorz. "It's a great surprise to see the number of people who have been giving me such encouragement in this period. There's nothing much to say except that I've been in a ward for a couple of days and in intensive care. I've tried to write with the only finger that I can move. I'd like to thank everyone for their support, which has given me a lot of hope. My situation for the moment is not so good, and the doctors are already saying to me that my season is over. Thanks to everyone and all my best wishes! On the gas!!!!"

Lascorz will remain in hospital in Barcelona until September 3rd and then will begin rehabilitation a couple of days later.

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Joan Lascorz goes out injured from WSS race

Third place qualifier for the World Supersport race Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) was involved in a first lap accident at Silverstone after he and another rider touched exiting turn one, and Joan fell. A following rider could not avoid Joan and he took the full brunt of a heavy impact from the other rider's front wheel. The accident meant a complete restart of the race, still over 16 laps.

After being admitted to hospital Joan was diagnosed with four broken ribs, an injury to his shoulder, a finger injury and some blood inside his lung. The other rider, Roberto Tamburini had a broken left collarbone. Joan is being kept in hospital in England for around a week and although it is too early to predict how fast his recovery will be, it is expected to take some weeks.

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Joan Lascorz intends to chip away at Sofuoglu's lead

Just 15 points separate Spanish revelation Joan Lascorz from the top of the World Supersport points table, and with the Silverstone race just around the corner the Kawasaki Motocard.com man will be aiming to chip away at the lead of chief rival Kenan Sofuoglu.

The British round will be an unknown factor for everyone seeing as it is a totally revised track and this may play into the hands of the Turkish rider's rivals, in particular the 25 year-old from Barcelona, who was in terrific form at Brno, leading the race and then taking the chequered flag just a tenth of a second behind winner Sofuoglu.

"We could have won the race and the Kawasaki was very strong here," said Lascorz, who has won one race and finished second five times this year. "Kenan rode very well and he made a big pass on the final lap, and it left me too far behind to attack. I moved up in the championship as well, and there are still four races left so it was a good day for us."

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