Effenbert-Liberty Ducati has confirmed Sylvain Guintoli is suffering with a fracture to his hand anꩲd ankle, a month after first sustaining the inju👍ries in Australia.

The Frenchman suffered a high-speed accident during the opening round of the Worl🔯d Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, but d♌iagnosis at the time showed no broken bones.

G𝄹oing on to compete at Donington Park, Guintoli struggled with pain throughout the weekend, prompting him to get a second diagnosis with💝 a specialist in Manchester after the event.

Subsequent X-rays and an MRI scan revealed Guintoli has been suffering with fractures during that time, though he won't be forced to undergo surꦚgery for the moment.

"I spent all of Monday trying to find out why I had so much pain during the weekend in Donington. After some more X-rays and an MRI scan in Manchester, theses are the conclusions of my do𒆙ctors in UK.

"There are two fractures on my hand, one of which is quite bad. Fortunately, the bones have not moved and I should get better and better without surgery. There is ♕also a fracture on my ankle that is not healed and is at ri🅷sk of non-union. The bones have not moved.

"This means I will have to wear a support for 10 days and get some rest. More exams will be made after the Assen race🍌 to make a decision about surgery or not."