Oliver Konig (Orelac Racing MOVISIO) has been ruled out of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship action on Sunday due to a suspected left ankle fracture. The Czech rider crashed in the original start for Race 1 at Turn 4 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Prosecco DOC Catalunya Round and retired from the race. He went to the medical centre for a check-up following that crash and he was reassessed on Sunday morning ahead of Warm Up. Following that second assessment, he has been declared unfit with a suspected left ankle fracture.

Konig had taken 23^rd in Saturday’s Tissot Superpole session and he made great progress on the first lap of the original race to move close to the top 20. However, he crashed at Turn 4 on Lap 2 before a red flag was shown for a separate incident and he retired from the race without taking part in the restarted race in Barcelona.

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