Dovizioso cleared of head injuries after huge Lap 1 crash

Andrea Dovizioso is a lucky man

Andrea Dovizioso has been cleared of head injuries after being hospitalised with memory loss following a shocking Lap 1 crash at the British MotoGP.

Dovizioso had nowhere to go when Fabio Quartararo highsided exiting the first corner of the race at Silverstone, launching off the SRT Yamaha and landing with a thud on the tarred runoff area.

The Ducati Team rider was stretchered clear of the accident site but later seen tentatively getting to his feet just behind the barriers.

Team manager Davide Tardozzi clarified that Dovizioso was in fact conscious but he was nevertheless airlifted to hospital in Coventry due to what Ducati reported as “a momentary loss of memory".

A subsequent update from the squad has advised that Dovizioso’s head scan “doesn’t show any damage."

MEDICAL UPDATE:
The result of the scan made to @AndreaDovizioso at ​​the Coventry Hospital doesn’t show any damage and the rider will come back home tonight. https://t.co/SAiUghI1DO

— Ducati (@DucatiMotor) August 25, 2019