BMW's Ruben Xaus has broken his right leg after crashing on oil spilt when Carlos Checa's Ten Kate Honda went bang in race two directly in front of him, giving the Catalan no room to move.

Xaus was highsided off his S1000RR between turns one and two, landed heavily and broke his leg, which has only just recovered from the massive smash he had at Brno earlier in the season.

Just an unlucky day for me, or maybe it has been an unlucky season. Checa’s bike blew up and covered the front of my bike with oil and obviously some of it went on to the front tyre. That caused the crash, so I am happy that the crash wasn’t my fault, but I am unhappy with the result," said Xaus.

"This season has been hard for us all, but we knew that before the start and it is thanks to all the hard work everybody has put in that we have had so many top ten finishes.  Considering that this is our first season, I think we should be happy about what we have achieved so far - and there’s much more to come, I’m sure of it.

"The bike has improved since the last time I rode it and that makes me eager to find out how much more I can push it. The team are fantastic and the team spirit has been superb right from the start. It’s not nice ending the season with a broken leg, but there was nothing I could do about the crash and I prefer to think about the potential of the bike and working with Troy and the rest of the team to put it on the podium."