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Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Aleix Espargaro will not part in the Sepang test in Malaysia next week following a training accident on Thursday near his home town of Granollers in Spain.

Espargaro was riding an off road bike and when landing from a jump suddenly reported pain in his back. After his immediate transfer to the Hospital Universitari Quiron Deixeus in Barcelona, he underwent initial medical checks and was kept in overnight for observation.

On Friday morning a further MRI reported a flexion fracture of the T9 vertebrae but excluded any further complications. He was cleared to go home today and he will now take a two to three week rest that should see him fully-recover.

Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Sepang test on 23-24 November will see only teammate Maverick Viñales and Suzuki MotoGP test riders Takuya Tsuda and Nobuatsu Aoki on track testing the development of the new Michelin tyres and new unified software.