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Valentino Rossi has revealed he’ll attempt to line-up at this weekend’s 14th round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship in Aragon, Spain, just a three weeks after suffering displaced fractures of the tibia and fibula in his right leg from an enduro accident.

Rossi underwent an evaluation this week, testing his leg aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1M superbike at Misano, where he logged a total of 20 laps in yesterday’s session to resulted in a positive feeling for the multi-time world champion.

The Movistar Yamaha rider will take part in the opening practice session of Friday, where he’ll later determine whether or not he’ll contest the remainder of the weekend.

“Fortunately, yesterday I had a good test with my YZF-R1M in Misano,” said Rossi. “I tried also the day before, but the rain stopped me after a few laps. Yesterday I managed to complete 20 laps and find the answers I was looking for.

“Eventually, the test was positive and I want to say thanks to Dr. Lucidi and his staff, who helped me find the best solutions to feel the least amount of pain possible in my leg when I’m riding. Obviously at the end of the test I was in a little bit of pain, but this morning I went to Dr. Pascarella for a medical check, and it came out with a positive result.

“At the end I decided I will leave for Aragon and will try to ride my M1 this weekend. If I will be declared fit to ride, I’ll have the real answer after FP1, because riding the M1 will be a much bigger challenge – we’ll see.”

Yamaha WorldSBK regular Michael van der Mark was named as a replacement for Rossi, and will still be on-hand to pilot the YZR-M1 should the MotoGP ace be declared unfit to ride.