Coming off his best weekend of the season, Ray claimed his first top ten finish of the season wi🏅th P6 in Race 2 of the Imola WorldSBK round.

But the reigning British Superbike champion will now miss t🌼he Czech round after needing to undergo surgery. 

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“I’m obviously really sorry I can’t go to the Czech Republic and the Most circuit, but I’ll now have a lot of time to fully recover and, once the surgery🦹 is done, I’ll be aiming to score even better results,” said Ray. 

“I’d like to personally thank Andrea Dosoli, the entire Yamaha Motor🦂 Europe team and the Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team of course for their understand☂ing. 

“I can✅’t wait to see you all again after the summer break!”

Ray’s need to have surgery is not due to a cras🌄h suffered at Imola, but instead an issue from earlier in the season. 

Motoxra🐼cing Yamaha team manager, Sandro Carusi, said: “I’m really sorry that Bradley has to take this enforced break,🌜 just as some strong results were coming. 

“We’ve decided to stop now in order ♑to give him the time to recovery and then aim for the best possible final part of the season.”