Fonsi Nieto retires from racing

From motogp.com

Fonsi Nieto has announced his decision to retire from professional motorcycling competition with immediate effect, and will therefore not take part in this year’s Moto2 World Championship for which he was set to enter with the G22 Racing team.

After announcing his retirement at a press conference in a Madrid hotel on Monday, Nieto said: “I’ve weighed up this decision during the past few days and have spoken with my family and my cousins, which includes the team I was due to ride with this year. I did not want any problems or misunderstandings, and I think they were glad when I told them.”

Nieto was accompanied at the press conference by many of those who have supported him throughout his career, including his uncle Ángel and Doctor Ángel Villamor, the latter of whom said that the “injuries suffered by Fonsi in his foot were practically irreversible”. He added that Nieto “had no sense of feeling in the sole of his foot” as a result of the injuries sustained in a Moto2 qualifying practice crash at Indianapolis.

“I go to the gym every day but after five minutes I have to stop,” said Nieto. “Faced with the possibility of not being able to do everything I wanted to properly, I preferred to retire, although this is a decision I will have to deal with forever."