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Red Bull KTM's Lucas Coenen to Sit Out Swedish MXGP, Prioritizing Hip Recovery

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Lucas Coenen, 19, will skip round 15 of the MXGP World Championship in Sweden as he continues recovering from a hip injury with sciatic nerve damage. Coenen, who has won five Grands Prix this season and held the championship red plate, already missed the Czech Republic and Belgium rounds. His team says rushing back too soon risks a bigger setback.

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Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

Sitting out three straight rounds while holding the red plate is genuinely painful to watch. But from what I've seen trackside, pushing back too soon with sciatic nerve damage risks more than the season — it risks his whole career. Coenen's own line, that another crash puts them back to square one, is the part that hit me hardest.