Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran has sustained a broken right femur and two broken bones in his left hand, after crashing during yesterday’s MCE British Superbike qualifying session at Thruxton, and will undergo surgery this afternoon.

He fell at Nobles and was taken to the hospital on Saturday, and today is scheduled to be plated as he begins his road to recovery. The Australian was in Showdown contention but now knows those hopes may be dashed as he will need to take some time to get back to full fitness.

“I am not feeling too bad this morning and now I just have to wait for my operation when they are inserting a rod and plates into my leg and also will make the decision whether to plate my hand too as I have broken two bones in my left hand,” said O’Halloran.

“The femur is broken in three places so I know that the Showdown has gone now because we will need to repair before coming back, which is really disappointing as myself and the Honda team have had a really good season and we have been building momentum through our hard work.

“The weekend had been going a bit up and down at Thruxton, but in the first part of qualifying I felt pretty good and thought that we had made a step forward in the right direction which would have put us a bit closer.

“It’s tough, but I am hoping that I can be at least up on my feet on crutches in a few days and then we can work towards getting fit and ready to come back. I also just want to thank everyone for their support and messages since yesterday.”