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Luca Scassa's Brno weekend, which had been going well until then, came to a dramatic end on lap 5 of race 1 when a violent high-side flipped the Supersonic Ducati rider over his bars. In the crash the Italian bashed his left foot, breaking two bones, thus bringing an end to an encouraging overall performance.

Scassa had shown major progress on Friday and Saturday by qualifying as the quickest Ducati rider in Superpole, sixth ahead of Michel Fabrizio on the factory machine. Immediately after the start of race 1 he was involved in a scrap with Noriyuki Haga and Leon Haslam. But at the start of a long downhill stretch he lost control of the rear of his 1198. Scassa was clearly unable to take part in race 2 and he now looks to be out of action for at least two or three weeks.

"Of course I am really disappointed, it couldn't be any different after my good practice and qualifying form, but this sort of accident happens," declared Scassa. "I don't think I went over the limit at that point but when the rear went away I tried to limit the damage by staying on the bike in some way. The pain confirmed that something was broken. In 2009 I broke two bones in my foot, the first and second metarsals, now it's the third and fourth, it's not that serious but is certainly really bothersome injury. Hopefully I can be 100% fit for Silverstone, but a big thanks to everyone for their fantastic support this weekend."