Hopkins forced to miss final day of tests

The Kawasaki rider fell after losing the rear end of his bike and it was later found that he had torn part of the abductor muscle from the bone.

Hopkins has gone back home to California and the American is hoping to be back in action for the next test in Jerez in two weeks time.

"My laptimes had been coming down by a second a lap, but then I got caught out at turn one while pushing for a faster time," Hopkins said. "I got on the gas a little too early on the exit, lost the rear and got flicked over the highside when the bike came round on me. I must have been horizontal in the air, because I landed flat on my side.

"It was a hard landing and it felt painful straight away. I went to hospital in Melbourne, where the doctors confirmed that I'd torn around 50 percent of the abductor muscle from the bone.

"It's not a serious injury, but it is quite painful at the moment. I'm determined to be back on the Kawasaki for the Jerez test, so I'm going to head home to see Doctor Ting and to get treatment on the injury as soon as possible."