Mir, the 2020 MotoGP world champion, has been out of motion since breaking his ankle in an opening-lap crash on the Austrian Grand Prix in August.
Sitting out the Misano spherical, Mir tried to experience at Aragon however withdrew after Saturday and sat out final weekend’s Japanese GP too.
It was thought he would return for this weekend’s Thailand GP, however the restoration of his proper ankle is taking longer than anticipated and he’ll now intention to be again on his Suzuki on the Australian GP in two weeks’ time.
In accordance with reviews in Spanish outlet AS, Mir might be changed by ex-Ducati rider Petrucci.
Petrucci made his MotoGP debut in 2012 and rose from a back-of-the-grid seat at Ioda on a CRT-spec machine to the manufacturing facility Ducati squad in 2019.
The Italian gained twice in his tenure with Ducati earlier than transferring to Tech3 KTM for 2021.
However a troublesome season and want from KTM to discipline its personal up-and-coming riders in Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez led to Petrucci dropping his place on the MotoGP grid.
He remained with KTM for a maiden assault on the Dakar Rally, which yielded a stage win regardless of carrying harm into the occasion.
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Petrucci had anticipated to proceed with KTM to embark on a full rally raid programme in 2022, however this fell by and the Italian linked up with Ducati once more to maneuver to the MotoAmerica Superbike championship.
Danilo Petrucci, Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC
Photograph by: Brian J. Nelson
He gained 5 races for the Warhorse Ducati squad aboard a Panigale V4 and took the championship battle all the way down to the wire in his first season.
Nevertheless, Petrucci got here up simply 20 factors wanting champion Jake Gagne on the Yamaha.
Petrucci was requested by Suzuki to switch Mir on the San Marino Grand Prix earlier this month, however he elected to deal with his MotoAmerica title battle as an alternative.
Suzuki introduced in occasional Moto2 starter Kazuki Watanabe as Mir’s stand-in at Misano, whereas take a look at rider Takuya Tsuda was upgraded from wildcard standing to fill in for Mir final weekend at Motegi.
Ought to Petrucci’s Suzuki outing at Buriram come to cross, it would mark the sixth totally different chassis he has ridden in his MotoGP profession.
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