Britain’s Cal Crutchlow suffered a freak injury during his fitness test at Circuit Catalunya today but should still be able to ride in the opening MotoGP free practice on Friday.

Crutchlow had an appointment with Dr Xavier Mir for a final check on his right forearm and it appears the scar is healing and is in much better condition than last week. However, he suffered an incident during the examination.

“Unfortunately, upon his arrival to Circuit de Catalunya, Crutchlow slipped as he stepped out of the PCR Testing Booth, rupturing his left ankle’s ligaments as confirmed by Dr. Max Ibañez, member of Dr. Mir’s team,” said a team statement.

“Nevertheless, despite this misfortune, Cal and the team will try their best to regularly start the Catalan GP on Friday.”