Bastianini broke a shoulder blade after VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini collided with him in the Portuguese GP sprint race.
The four-time race winner didn’t require surgical procedure on the harm, however was ordered to relaxation to permit his shoulder to heal. That pressured him out of the Argentina GP, whereas he was deemed unfit to race on the Americas GP in April.
Bastianini was cleared to return for the Spanish GP final weekend, however may solely full at some point of using.
Having been in significant pain throughout Friday follow at Jerez, Bastianini solely accomplished a handful of laps in Saturday’s FP3 before electing to withdraw from the rest of the spherical.
With three weeks splitting the following spherical in France subsequent weekend and the Italian GP, Bastianini will sit out the Le Mans spherical to be prepared for his and Ducati’s dwelling occasion.
Bastianini’s continued absence means he has nonetheless solely accomplished one full racing lap as a manufacturing facility Ducati rider.
He can be changed at Le Mans by ex-Ducati MotoGP rider Petrucci.
The 32-year-old raced in MotoGP between 2012 and the tip of 2021, becoming a member of Ducati with Pramac in 2015.
Petrucci final raced for Ducati in 2020 earlier than transferring to KTM for 2021 and subsequently into superbikes
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The Italian was promoted to the manufacturing facility Ducati squad in 2019 to switch triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, and scored his first grand prix victory on the Italian GP that yr.
Petrucci gained for a second time at a moist French GP in 2020 earlier than transferring to KTM with Tech3.
A tough season led to Petrucci being deemed surplus to necessities by KTM, with the Italian embarking on a Dakar Rally marketing campaign with the Austrian model.
Perception: Inside Petrucci’s Dakar odyssey
Petrucci made historical past by changing into the primary rider in historical past to win a MotoGP race and a stage on the Dakar.
A full rally raid marketing campaign with KTM was meant to comply with Dakar however by no means materialised, with Petrucci transferring to the US to race within the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with Ducati.
Ending runner-up within the standings, Petrucci earned a transfer to World Superbikes with Ducati and Barni Racing. He presently sits eighth within the standings having scored a greatest results of fifth on the Indonesian spherical.
Petrucci made a one-off MotoGP look final season with Suzuki in Thailand as Joan Mir’s harm substitute, ending the race twentieth.