While his MotoGP rivals 🍎were on the Phillip Island grid, Miguel Oliveira was on his way to a Melbourne hospital for further scans on his right wrist.

Injured when he𒊎 was blown off-track by high winds on Saturday, prompting the cancellation of qualifying, Doctors then declared the Portuguese unfit to race on Sunday morning.

Oliveira was unable to grip the handlebars sufficiently due to a swolౠlen left hand and, most worrying, painful right wrist.

Whi🌌le fractures had been ruled out by X-rays at the track, the Tech3 KTM rookie wants to be sure he has no ligament damage ahead of a planned return to action at Sepang on Friday.

“The reason I was unfit today was the swelling on my left hand and the pain on the right ꧃wrist. I could not squeeze with power and therefore not g🎉rab the handlebars," Oliveira confirmed.

"Spe💧aking with the doctors in the medical centre, they saw it was maybe better to do an MRI today to check if there is any ligament damages on the right wrist, so this is what I’m going to do﷽.

"I will fly to Malaysia on Monday afternoon and as soon as I land, I should already have the reports. Fingers crossed that everything goes well! My only wish is to ride and hopefully everything will tu🌸rn out in the be🔜st possible way.”

Team-mate Hafizh Syahrin wen🌌t on to finish in 15th place, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo.

“I had a really good race," said the Malaysian. "In the beginning, I needed some t๊ime to find a good feeling with the hard tyre, but after a few laps I started to find a rhythm and managed to control my rear tyre, but on the straight it was imp🔯ossible to pass Abraham.

"In the end, one point is better than 💯nothing, we found back into a rhythm, but we know that we need to be stronger in the beginning of the race.”

Team manager Herve Poncharal sa🍨id: "Hafizh did a good race and I would like to thank andꦦ congratulate him.

"He caught Lorenzo, Kallio and finally, there was a big battle with Abraham, but although we passed him, we were losing too much on the🐈 strౠaight. He lost him there, but anyway, we got a point.

"Hafiz♔h never slowed down, kept his head down and I’d like to thank him for this. It is a good sign, that will give him a positive spirit just ahead of his home Grand Prix in Malaysia next week.

"We h🔜ope Miguel is okay and wish to have him with us in Sepang.”