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 damage, however was ordered to relaxation to permit his shoulder to heal. That compelled 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 might solely full at some point of using.
Having been in significant pain throughout Friday apply 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 house occasion.
Bastianini’s continued absence means he has nonetheless solely accomplished one full racing lap as a manufacturing unit Ducati rider.
He will likely 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 shifting to KTM for 2021 and subsequently into superbikes
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The Italian was promoted to the manufacturing unit Ducati squad in 2019 to exchange triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, and scored his first grand prix victory on the Italian GP that 12 months.
Petrucci received for a second time at a moist French GP in 2020 earlier than shifting to KTM with Tech3.
A troublesome 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 observe Dakar however by no means materialised, with Petrucci shifting to america 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 at the moment sits eighth within the standings having scored a finest results of fifth on the Indonesian spherical.
Petrucci made a one-off MotoGP look final season with Suzuki in Thailand as Joan Mir’s damage substitute, ending the race 20th.
