Ducati's Jorge Lorenzo has undergone surgery on his injured wrist in Barcelona in the hope he will be ready to ride at the Sepang MotoGP round.

The former champion has already missed the Thai and Motegi races and will be replaced by Alvaro Bautista this weekend at Phillip Island.

“Jorge Lorenzo, who returned to Europe last Sunday, had a successful operation Wednesday on his left wrist at the hands of Dr. Xavier Mir of the Dexeus Clinica, who carried out an arthroscopy on his injured left ligament,” said a Ducati statement.

“The Spanish rider has already returned home to Lugano to try and speed up recovery, with the aim of returning to the track at Sepang in ten days’ time.”