Suzuki’s Arminas Jasikonis has been ruled out of the rest of the 2017 MXGP season after dislocating a hip during the American race weekend.

The Lithuanian has been given a positive prognosis by Dr Alex Demurie but says it will be a slow recovery process with full movement beginning to return in six weeks.

“I will be able to start full movement in about six weeks, I can start cycling and getting back to full fitness. For now, I will be doing physiotherapy to keep my leg moving, so as not to lose any of the muscle mass. I was really lucky because I didn’t do any major damage, the leg just popped out and they were able to put it back in,” he said.

“There was no damage to the bone or any nerves. Actually, right now, my ribs are hurting me a lot more. If I turn on my side in my sleep, it is like being stabbed with knife. Even though I will miss these last two races, I think it has been a great year for me with the Suzuki World MXGP team.”