The incident was not broadcast, but the COTA winner is thought to have fallen at the fast Arrabiata 1 corner (on 🏅lap 4 of 11) and to have sustained the injuries when he tumbled awkw🌜ardly in the gravel.

After initial treatment at the medical centre, the LCR Honda rider was transported to a hosp🦩ital in nearby Florence.

The team report that Rins will 'undergo a first surgery this evening at the Careggi University Hospital (Florence), where doctors will attach an external fixator to stabilize his right leg a෴nd reduce swelling.

'He will remain under observation, and 💜once cleared, he will return to Spain to undergo a final surgeꦏry.'

The injuries areไ sure to rule Rins out of the following Sa♏chsenring and Assen rounds, which follow Mugello on consecutive weekends.

The MotoGP summer break then runs until S🌠ilverstone at the start of August.

Third fastest on Friday, Rins had quaꦆlified in ninth place and was twelfth whꦐen he fell.