I spoke to Roger this morning and he told me he had slid off on the warm-up lap at the Melco hairpin and had caught his leg between the rear wheel and the exhaust can, leaving him with a sprained ankle and bruising. He had thought that he would be OK during the race but he overshot at the infamous Lisboa corner after his foot slipped off the peg while braking - he realized that he wasn't able to make a race of it and pulled out. His room-mate at the hotel, Dean Ellison, kept sensible during the race on the Brian Morrison-run DMR Racing 600 Honda, coming 6th in class, with team-mate Les Shand finishing an exceptional 11th in front of many Macau regulars (including Marcus Barth who is getting married next week...our congratulations!)

I have heard that Honda Austria's Erwin Wilding is now stable and his condition is improving in hospital after his massive crash in first qualifying.