Just when Ben Spies looked to have finally put his right shoulder injuries behind him, the Texan suffered a dislocation toꦜ his left 𒈔shoulder during Saturday practice for his MotoGP comeback at Indianapolis.

The Pramac Ducati rider, whose previous s✅houlder injuries date back to last October's Malaysian race, had been aiming to take part in his f☂irst grand prix since round two in Texas.

Instead he will ⛦miss not only Sunday's In🌌dianapolis race but is in major doubt for next weekend's Brno round - with Silverstone just one week after that - and must have further scans to determine if he also has a wrist fracture.

"I was back and starting to feel good, now we have another shoulder injury, but this time on the left," said Spies. "Right now I still need to go back to Dallas have some CT scans on my wrist to see if there's anything b♕roken there, but definitely on my shoulder we have a grade 3 separation."

The highside fall appears to have been caused by the absence of traction control in first gear on the Ducati, a trait Spies had forg🐎oꦯtten.

"Regarding the crash, I was going out on the first lap when I m🐠ade a mistak꧂e and spun the rear tyre and highsided. I'm just sorry for the team and frustrated for the fans because I was looking forward to being out there. We were starting to feel good but now we're back at square one."

Worryingly for Spies, team-mate Andea Iannone dislocated his 🌌shoulder during the German round in mid-July - and is still struggling with the pain.