Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins will take no further part in this weekend's MotoGP action at Brno after a crash in this morning's final free practice session resulted in a broken finger on his right hand.

The British Superbike title challenger went down at turn three on a wet track and injured the finger which will require surgery. He was taken to the circuit medical centre and then declared unfit to continue by doctors. The incident spoils Hopkins' attempt to race in WSB, BSB and MotoGP in three consecutive weekends.

"This morning’s injury is a huge disappointment to all of us at Rizla Suzuki and of course mostly to John. He is completely devastated that he is not able to compete in the Grand Prix tomorrow, especially as his form yesterday was extremely promising. He was just building up to speed very gradually in the wet conditions and, on the first lap that he tried to push a little bit harder, he made a simple mistake and folded the front," said team boss Paul Denning.

"It was on exactly the same corner that Casey had done the same thing at the start of the session, but John was just less lucky and as he entered the gravel trap the angle of his hand meant that the impact folded his fingers. This caused a substantial break to one finger and further damage to another. If the injury had been his left hand he would be on the GSV-R this afternoon, but to control a MotoGP bike and expect to be competitive with that injury to his throttle and braking hand is completely unrealistic."