Monster Yamaha’s Pol Espargaro will fly home to Barcelona for a medical assessment after breaking his collarbone on the final day of MotoGP testing at Qatar.

The Spaniard, who was second on the overall timesheets, crashed at turn six after making an error and running on into the gravel. He will be seen by doctors tomorrow who will then decide on the best course of action.

“We can be happy with the job we did today as we made some very good steps forward. At the early stages of the session we found a better setting which allowed me to improve my time with the new tyres, and I could lower me lap time quite a lot. Also, the rhythm I had during the race simulation was much better than yesterday,” he said.

“Of course, the crash at the end of the session was a bit unlucky. I made a mistake whilst changing down the gears going into the corner, which meant I had to go straight ahead and then crashed in the gravel. I am still very confident and positive about the test and I will be back here in two weeks ready to race.”