MotoGP rookie Cal Crutchlow has been taken from the track on a stretcher after🧸 a heavy fall in thღe opening minutes of qualifying for his home British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

The Englishman🤡, who had been top-six in all three free practice sessions, slammed his lef෴t shoulder into the asphalt after being kicked from his M1 on entry to Turn 2.

The Monster Yꦗamaha Tech 3 rider was clearly in pain as hꦯe came to a rest and has now been taken to the medical centre with a "suspected collarbone injury".

Team-mate Colin Edwards broke his collarbone last weekend in Catalunya, while ꩵRepsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa is absent with a similar collarbo💫ne injury.

Crutchlow won both WSBK races from pole at Silverstone last seas𓂃on. He had been hoping to fight for a front-row start this afternoon.