Australian rider Kris McLaren will replace the injured Yonny Hernandez in the Avintia Blusens team for this weekend's penultimate round of the MotoGP Wor🧜ld Championship.

CRT rider Hernandez (pictured) dislocated his left collarbone in a fall at 💮Motegi and was forced out of last weekend's Malaysian round at Sepang.

McLaren has been competing in the CEV Moto2 class this season a🤪nd finished on the rostrum in the Jerez round.

"I am really enthusiastic I can participate in MotoGP and what's more, in🎀 my country," said McLareඣn, who received a wild-card entry for last year's Australian Moto2 Grand Prix.

"It's a great opportunity that Avintia Blusens has offered me and I'd like to make the best of it even if I am aware it will be very difficult to ride with such experienced riders♛.

"The first objective is to adapt to the bike and gradu🎶ally make progress."

Ivan Silva, meanwhile, is hoping to make further progress this weekend as he prepares 🌸for an "exciting" challenge aꦍt Phillip Island.

"I have to 🍷get familiar with a track once again but Phillip Island is a mythical and exciting one and I 🍷can't wait to ride there," he said.

"I know it won't be eas✤y but I have been feeling m🔥ore and more at ease with the motorbike and the time must come when I get a good result.

"If I can get a better setting-up to enhance my pace we can do a good race," ♔added Silva.

"I need to complete a full lap to improve ꩵmy time.

"We are fast now but I can't com🙈plete the assessments. I hope I'll make it in Australia."