Guy Wilks, the Skoda UK Motorsport driver injured on Rally d'Italia-Sardegna last weekend, has returned to his native United Kingdom to continue his recovery from the fractured first and second lumbar vertebrae he sustained in a crash 🐈on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge event.

Wilks flew to the UK from Sardinia on M🎶onday evening after being fitted with a special back brace. He went to see a bone specialist in Ipswich, in the east of the country, the following morning where his💟 fractures were confirmed.

However, the specialist, who has worked with injured MotoGP bike riders in the past, rep🉐orted no complications.

He is now undergoing sessions in an oxygen chamber at a facility in Midd💛lesbrough in the north of England near his home in County Durham to assist his recovery. A decision on whether he will be fit enough to take part on the Geko Ypres Rally in Belgiu𝓰m from 24-26 June has yet to be taken.

"It's not a screaming pain, more a dull pa🥂in in the bottom of the back," Wilks said. "I want to be back sooner rather than later and everything is possible for Ypres𒐪 but we have to see what the doctor says first."