Crutchlow plays down finger injury

Cal Crutchlow says the finger injury that halted his participation in the final winter MotoGP test day at Losail tonight will not prevent him from running in the season-opener at the Qatar track this weekend. The Tech 3 Yamaha rider suffered a wound to the little finger on his left hand when he slid off at Turn 10. "I've basically just worn away the edge of my finger, taken my nail off and wore it down to the bone," Crutchlow explained to the official MotoGP website.

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