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

The Pramac Ducati rider, whose previous shoulder injuries date back to last October's Malaysian race, had been aiming to take part in his first grand prix s🐲ince round two in Texas.

Instead he will miss not only Sunday's Indianapolis race but is in major doubt for next weekend's Brno round - with Silverstone ju൲st one week after that - and must have further scans to deter⛄mine if he also has a wrist fracture.

"I was back and starting to feel good, now we have another sho🌼ulder 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 broken there, but definitely on my shoulder we have a grade 3 separation."

The hig๊hside fall appears to have been caused by the absence of traction control in first gear on the Ducati, 🍎a trait Spies had forgotten.

"Regarding the crash, I was going out on the first lap when I made a mistake and sp⛄un 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."

Worry🅷ingly for Spies, team-mate Andea Iannone dislocated his shoulder during the G𒐪erman round in mid-July - and is still struggling with the pain.