Following Randy de Puniet’s excellent ride to a surprise stage appearance at the British Grand Prix – where he placed third trailing Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards – the Frenchman has endured a setback in a personal training incident.

Commencing a summer fitness regime, De Puniet was undertaking a motocross course last weekend with his personal trainer Yves Demaria (also a former motocross competitor) in Aix en Provence when he smashed out going into a corner, damaging his left leg quite severely.

The 28 year-old was transferred direct to hospital and x-rays appeared with a fracture of the left ankle. Following an urgent surgery to apply a screw into his ankle, De Puniet left hospital on Monday and will confer with Clinica Mobile staff within the next few days to arrange his rehabilitation. Let's hope he will be racing in Brno due in less than two weeks.

De Puniet explained, “Yves and I have a specific training programme to improve my performance on track this year. This programme has helped me a lot so far and through the summer break I didn’t want to stop training. So we went out to do a short motocross session, but unfortunately I had a fall and the impact on the ground caused a fracture of the left ankle.”

“I am very disappointed about this setback but training is very important for me in order to be in good shape in MotoGP. I will do my best to race in Brno and I am sure that the Clinica Mobile staff will support me in the best way.”