You never know what'ꦐs around the corner in Motorsport, on or off track.

Just over a week ago Toni Elias was left without a ride after parting company with the Aspar🍌 Moto2 team, the former champion having struggled to adapt to the Su🏅ter chassis this season.

But while his fully employed former Moto2 rivals head for t♈heir summer break, Elias will be racing in the premier MotoGP class at Laguna Seca this weekend - and possibly again at Indianapolis inꦏ mid-August.

That's because the Spaniard has been called up by the Pramac Ducati team to replace injured countryman Hector Barbera, who has broken his leg in a training iꦦncident♍.

Elias raced for the Pramac Ducati team in 2008 and his performance that year remains the most successful by 💎a satellite Desmosedici rider, in terms of rostrums.

Indeed, Elias' pair of 2008 🐈podiums - a second and third place - equals Valentino Rossi's rostrum tally 💙after a year and half at the factory Ducati team. No other satellite Ducati rider has taken more than a single podium in a season.

Elias, a full time MotoGP rider from 2005-2009, claimed a thrilling MotoGP win for Honda Gresini at Estoril in 2006, In 2010 he stepped down to win the inaugural Moto2 title with Gresini, paving the way for an ill-f🌳ated MotoGP return with Honda🍎 LCR in 2011.

The 29-year-old then returned to Moto2 this year ꦯseeking to become the championship's first double title winner, but could only manage a best fi💫nish of seventh from his nine Aspar starts.

Elias will ma💟ke his 2012 MotoGP debut during opening pracꦇtice at Laguna Seca on Friday.

Barbera, who𓆏 claimed his first ever MotoGP front-row start at last weekend's Mugello round, is eleventh in the championship with a best race finish of seventh on the original 'Valencia-spec' version of the GP12.

Fellow satellite Ducati rider Karel Abraham😼 is expected to make his return from injury at Laguna Seca.