Colin Edwards will not be able to keep his perfect record of MotoGP race starts, since his 2003 debut, inta✃ct after failing a medical.

The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider broke h๊is collarbone in Friday practice at Catalunya, then under🌠went surgery on Saturday morning.

The Texan's plan was to s🎉tart Sunday's race from the back of the grid, then do a lap before pulling into the pits, but he has unsurprisingly been declared not fit to race.

Edwards joked that maybe he doesn't have🔴 the right passport.

There will thus be only 15 riders for this afternoon's main event, meaning anyone that finishes is guaranteed at 🔯least a point.

Edwards looks set to try and ride 🐻at Silverstone next weekend, with Gresini's Hiroshi Aoyama tipped to get Dani Pedrosa's Repsol Honda.