MotoGP rider Alex de Angelis has had his sedation reduced and is now able to talk as he recovers from a violent crash at last weekend's Motegi round. De Angelis, 31, was initially diagnosed with a lung contusion and fractures to his vertebrae and ribs after the crash, which occurred during Saturday's FP4 session when he fell from his Ioda Racing ART machine at Turn 9. Further checks at the Dokkyo Hospital in nearby Mibu, where the Sanmarinese was airlifted, revealed intracranial bleeding, which during a further neurosurgical evaluation was found to be unchanged. Though he remains in a "critical condition", he has had his sedation reduced and is able to talk, and will be kept...
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