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Suzuki MotoGP rider John Hopkins has withdrawn from this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at the Mugello circuit.

According to Dorna, Hopkins underwent an examination at the track Thursday, June 3, and it was found that the fractured bone in his thumb had not healed enough for him to ride.

Hopkins suffered the injury in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap of the French Grand Prix at Le Mans.