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Injuries sustained in this afternoon’s Superbike support race alongside the Superbike World Championship opener have delayed Wayne Maxwell’s European debut with Monster Energy Yamaha Austria Racing Team.

Maxwell was ejected from his Motul Honda CBR1000RR in an incident with teammate Josh Hook during the second Phillip Island Championship race of the weekend, dislocating his shoulder in a dramatic turn of events.

The crash, which saw race one winner Hook hospitalised with a broken collarbone and wrist, was Maxwell’s second in as many races upon return to Honda.

With a mammoth five-day test scheduled for Monday through Friday at Almeria in Spain, Maxwell has advised the factory-supported YART team that he will likely be absent altogether.

Planned flights to Europe this evening have been cancelled, however depending his pain tomorrow the 31-year-old isn’t ruling out a last-minute flight on Monday night.

“Doctors at the circuit advised me that the first seven to 14 days are high risk when it comes to dislocating the shoulder again,” Maxwell told CycleOnline.com.au tonight – still at Phillip Island.

“It’s YART’s first test of 2014, obviously my first test with the team, so if it feels okay tomorrow I might go. At this stage though I’ll give it a miss and aim for the official test at the end of March.

“Mandy [Kainz] said to me ‘that’s motorsport’ and at the end of the day it is, but just disappointing circumstances. Today I had nowhere to go and it’s happened to everybody, coming down through no fault of their own.

“It’s a short setback for me, the shoulder will heal, and fortunately Josh is okay. That is the main thing. I had heaps of speed, but I’m sure we were going to be competitive and we can bounce back.”

Maxwell’s Australian YART teammate Rick Olson departed Sydney on Saturday night to take part in the test aboard the Pirelli-shod YZF-R1.

Meanwhile, emerging Australasian Superbike Championship title threat Hook is in doubt for round one at Wakefield Park on 14-16 March – a devastating blow after claiming pole position and the opening race win over the course of the weekend.