This weekend, Maverick Vinales will attempt to return to racing for a second time at his home Grand Prix in Catalunya.

Maverick Vinales has not competed in the last four Grand Prix, as he has remained on the sidelines while recovering from shoulder injuries sustained in Germany.

The Spaniard attempted to race at the Austrian Grand Prix, but pulled out of the weekend after struggling with his shoulder. Vinales will now attempt a second return to racing at his home round at the Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya.

"We have had two more weeks of recovery since the Austrian GP, which has been a real benefit for us," Vinales stated.

"We have increased the level and intensity of the training, and every day we got stronger and stronger. It is important for us to be at the Catalunya GP this week, my home race, because it is going to help us evaluate all the work done recently with all my team and see where we are at.

"We won't be at our 100% this weekend for sure, but the target is to understand our condition on the bike. We will have to take the weekend session after session, starting with the feeling on Friday morning, and then we will go from there. Either way, I am super excited to meet the team again!"

Nicolas Goyon, Team Manager, added: "We are approaching the last back-to-back rounds in Europe before the flyaways, and we start first with the Grand Prix of Catalunya, in Barcelona. It is a track very well known by all MotoGP riders, so it is usually a very competitive race weekend.

"Maverick Viñales is joining us this week, and he will be giving it another try this week in Catalunya, after he was given extra recovery time after his attempt in Austria. We know he won’t be at 100% since he is still recovering, but the aim is to be able to complete a full race weekend in order to prepare for the end of the championship in the best way possible."