In the incident Kallio damaged one of the fingers on his left hand and as a result the Finnish rider is unable to ride his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 at the Red Bull Grand Prix this weekend at Laguna Seca.

He damaged the ‘ring finger’ of his left hand, Kallio's finger was cut down to the bone in the crash which mean that Mika Kallio has lost the nail on that finger for good, though he was fortunate that the nervous system in the finger has not been damaged. For the time being a bandage has been placed on the finger and it is being disinfected daily in an effort to prevent infection and help the healing process.

Kallio who after the Sachsenring and Donington rounds will most probably require a skin graft to permanently close the wound. Kallios is expected to compete at those two European rounds with an imitation skin protection on the injured finger.

As for his racing team the Pramac Racing team have decided not to find a substitute for Mika Kallio for Laguna Seca, which means that Niccolò Canepa will make his American debut alone.

The Pramac Racing Technical Director Fabiano Sterlacchini said, “Mika’s condition is better than what we thought straight after the race, but still we preferred to give him a weekend off to recover. This would have been the first time at Laguna Seca for him and with his precarious physical condition we preferred not to take any more risks and we hope he will be at his best in three weeks time at Sachsenring. Mika will not undergo surgery before the German GP, but will continue to take medication and have the injured finger cleaned daily to avoid infection and further complications.”

Mika Kallio added, “I was so excited to race at Laguna Seca, but I guess destiny wanted it to be this way and I will have to miss out, which is a pity. We have taken this decision together with Pramac Racing and I think this is probably the best way. Laguna would have been a new circuit to learn for me and with my physical condition we thought it would have been too risky. I will look after myself in the best way possible to be in good form at Sachsenring, which is one of my favorite circuits. I wish all the best to Niccolò who will have to do well for the Pramac team this weekend.”