Injury has prevented Iker Lecuona fro🅰m taking part in this week’s WorldSBK test in Jerez, but the Spaniard is hopeful of returning to action soon.

The #7 rider will sit out this week after fracturing a rib and sustaining collar💧bone contusions in a training crash two weeks ago.

🎃“I cannot test here – I’m not really happy about that, but it is what it is,” Lec🤪uona told WorldSBK.com when speaking at Jerez.

“Training at home, I had a small crash, it’s nܫot a heavy one, but I broke a rib, I have a contusioಞn on the shoulder, on the collarbone.

“So, this Monday, the Monday befoﷺre Jerez, I had a check with my doctor and my doctor said ‘If you can wait a bit longer it will be nice,’ because at the end it’s not very solid, it’s still in the beginning. So, I said ‘Okay, I need to wait’.”

Having been forced to miss out this week, Lecuona🌃 intends to be back on the CBR1000RR-R next week at the Portimao test – the final WorldSBK test in Europe before the paddock heads to Australia for the final winter testꦛ and the first round of 2025.

“I don’t know how possible it♔ is that I’m ready to jump on the bike next week,” Lecuona admitteജd.

“For now I’m here, but I go now to the gym, I’m still wo🔯rking to try to recover as soon as possible.

“So, my target is to ဣjump on the bike, thenᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ let’s see if the body has improved enough to jump on the bike and to do maybe 20, 50 laps, I don’t know.

“Maybe I just go out and go [straight back] in༒ because I feel a lot of pain, so let’s see wh﷽at happens.”

Although he’s not certain of his ability to ride next week in♋ Portugal, Lecuona 🦄is without doubts that he will be ready in time for Australia.

“At the end, the injury is nothing crazy, it’s jꦑust a rib and a little bit of contusion on the collarbone, so it’s just some time to recover,” he said.

“For sure in Australia I’m 100 per cent ready.”