Hydrex Honda's Guy Martin has been ruled out of Saturday's Macau GP after he crashed in free practice.

The 27 year old Lincolnshire rider crashed his Bike Animal Honda during the opening qualifying session and was knocked unconscious. Swift work by the circuit medical staff had him off to hospital whereby he remained for observation but due to the FIM ruling which stipulates a period of seven days before a rider wan race again, he is having to sit the meeting out, just like last year when he broke a wrist in practice.

Team boss Shaun Muir said: “That just about sums up Guy’s season! The good news is that he’s OK but it’s not the way neither he nor Bike Animal wanted to end the season. Despite that, he’s in good spirits and was out watching Stuart in second qualifying with us.”