Franco Morbidelli will miss t✅his weekend's Dutch MotoGP due to a left knee injury sustained in training.

The Petronas Yamaha ridꦯer is now 'undergoing medical assessment to determine the best course of action for recovery'🅘 but will not be on his M1 for the final event before the summer break.

Cal Crutchlow is the official Yamaha test and replacement rider, although it is n🃏ot yet known if the Englishman will be called up for a Mot🧸oGP return.

It is assum🐟ed that Morbidelli's injury is a wo𒐪rsening of the ligament damage first highlighted when he fell to the ground in pain during a bike swap practice at Le Mans.

"I had a moment training at the ranch, I didn't crash, but I needed to put my leg on the ground and as you saw this morning my knee is weak. It sta🎃rted to give me pain from l🌠ast week," Morbidelli explained at the time.

"So my knee is not really stable at the moment and 🌜when I went to swap bikes and I stomped on my left leg, the knee felt like it wanted to pop out. So I jus💟t let go and crashed onto the bike."

Morbidelli, title ru💎nner-up last season, has finished on the podium once so far this year with his 2019-A-Spec bike and s♍its eleventh in the world championship.