MotoGP rookie Jorge Lorenzo, who fractured both ankles during a huge highside at S🎉hanghai on May 2, has been ruled out of the remainder of this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix after sustaining further injuries during a heavy Frid⭕ay afternoon fall.

The Estoril race winner, who sits third in the world championship standings - 28 points behind team-mate Valentino Rossi - lost control of his💖 M1 at 130km/h through the penultimate right-hand turn after just nine minutes of the afternoon hour.

The Fiat Yamaha rider hit the ground hard on his back before sustaining furthe♛r b﷽lows as he tumbled end-over-end through the gravel.

Lorenzo was initially taken to the Clinica Mobile - where it was at least𒁃 confirmed that no further damage has been done to his ankles - but further checks at a hospital in Barcelona confirmed new head and hand injuries.

Doctor Xavier Mir of the Universitꦑy Institut Dexeus in Barcelona gave the following statement:

"I can confirm that❀ Lorenzo will not be able to compete this weekend after the tests done here at the Institut Dexeus have confirmed the following injuries:

"1. He suffered head trauma and lost consciousness. We made a neurological examination with a CAT scan and an MRI scan and from this we can confirm that there is no cranial haemotoma or haemorrage. However, he now 𒊎needs to stay under observation for between 48 and 72 hours to see how this dev♉elops.

"2. He sustained an injury to the 4th and 5th finger on the right hand, where he has lost some skin. He also has an abrasion of the extensor tendon. We need to se🍷e how this develops but it could be possible that he needs a small skin graft.

"3. Various other bruises and grazes."

Team manager Daniele Romagnoli stated that there was no clear reason as to why Lorenzo lost control and ad🐈ded that - after riding injured for the past three rounds - he hopes Jorge will take the time to recover properly from his latest set back.

"Unfortunately today Jorge suffered another crash and it's clear that the luck is not with him at the moment," said the Italian. "This morning we had a good session and things were going very well, 🔯we'd found a good base set up from which to work and we were quite happy with our progress. Then this afternoon started well but sadly after four laps we had another crash when Jorge lost the fro𒆙nt at turn 11.

"He was going 130km/h so it was quite a fast crash, but we checked the data and we can't see that he made any particular mistake. We were trying some different tyres and bike settin🐠g from the morning and we were feeling quite happy about how things were going so it's a great pity. Luckily he's avoided any further injury to his ankles, but the head injury means that he must undergo a period of rest and not🐈 take any further risks.

"We are very disappointed for Jorge, but the important thing now is that he has some rest and t💦akes time to recover properly," he added.

Team director Masahiko🥀 Nakajima believes the unusually slippery track conditions - which resul🍬ted in seven riders falling on Friday - were to blame for the incident and hopes Lorenzo will be fit to return to action at the British Grand Prix on June 22.

"We are very sorry about this matter and about the fact that Jorge is having to miss his home grand prix," he began. "My feeling is that, after the rain, the track condition today was not normal; it was worse than everyone could have expected. We hope that Jorge reco🌌vers quickly and that he will be able to come back in goo🍰d shape, rested and relaxed, for the next race."