SRT MotoGP rider Morbidelli has successful knee operation

The three-time MotoGP race winner aggravated a pre-existing injury in his knee during a training incident on Tuesday.

The injury proved severe enough this time to rule him out of this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, marking his first race absence since the 2018 German GP.

Morbidelli underwent a one-hour operation on his meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on…