Bastianini out of Americas MotoGP round as Ducati lines up replacement

The four-time MotoGP race winner had his debut weekend as a factory Ducati rider cut short on lap two of the sprint race at the Algarve International Circuit, when fellow Ducati peddler Luca Marini of the VR46 squad crashed into him.

Bastianini suffered a broken shoulder blade in the crash, which ruled him out of the following day’s Portuguese GP.

Though not needing surgery…