“He tried to ride, but after just three laps, Fernandez had to understand that the cond༺ition of his right arm doesn’t allow him to ride the way he wants to,” RNF Aprilia confirmed.

“The Spaniard will need to skip the rest of the French G💃P in order to recover for the next round.”

The RNF Aprili𓂃a rider recently underwent arm pump surgery after complaining of ꧑being unable to ride.

“I couldn’t stop t💫he bike,” he had previously said. “I can’t ♑feel my right hand.

“I went to the doctor to see what we can do becau💦se it’s impossible to ride in MotoGP like this. 🃏It’s impossible.”

Fernandez arrived at Le Mans this 𝔍weekend optimistic that he could ride.

“I feel good to ride,” he ♍said in advance of the weekend. “I hope I can get at least the chance to try my RS-GP and find out how my arm feels on the bike.

“This weekend, we don’t have to talk about results at all, t🗹he main thing is, I will be able to ride and try ꦏto get back to shape and enjoy.”

But ultimately it was too soon.

Both of RNF 💃Aprilia’s riders will now be absent. Miguel Oliveira is absent with a shoulder injury after a crash involving ♈Fabio Quartararo in Jerez, so will be replaced by Lorenzo Savadori.