GRT Yamaha ꩵWorld Superbike rider Dominique Aegerter has suffered multiple injuries in a training incident and will🌟 miss next week’s Magny-Cours round.

Aegerter was reportedly training🔴 in Austria as part of his preparations for the rest of the 2024 WSBKꦜ season when the incident occurred.

No details have been given o💫n what exactly happened.

According to the GRT team, he was flown home to Switzerland where checks confirmed multiple fractured ribs and a right s🧸houlder injury.

He will under go surgery on Friday.

A brief statement from the team read: “GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK rider Dominique Aegerter has been injured in a training incident♎ in Austria while preparing for the remainder of the 2024 season.

“He was flown back to his native Switzerla♏nd, where it was confirmed he had sustained multiple rib f🔴ractures and an injury to the right shoulder.

“He will undergo sur🎶gery today for a stabilisation procedure.

“A full recovery timeline will be determined after the planned surgery, but the Swiss rider will sit out Roꦯund 8 of the Superbike World Ch🌺ampionship in Magny-Cours next weekend.”

The double World Supersport champion with Yamaha stepped up to MotoGP in 2023 with the GRT squad, scoring a brace o🔯f podiums at the final round at Jerez.

While yet to get to the podium in 2024 on the R1, Aegerter has had a solid ꧒campaign, regularly featuring inside the top 10 across the first seven rounds of the sea🎐son.

He currently sits 11th in the standings on 79 points and is just seven shy of six-tim꧑e WSBK champion Jonathan Rea in 10th.

The GRT squad is yet to an🦩nounce a replacement for Aegerter for next weekend’s Magny-Cours round.