Moto3 title contender Maveric✨k Vinales has been forced to abandon this week's final pre-season test at Jerez, after suffering a hand injury on Wednesday afternoon.

The new Laglisse KTM ride🌼r sustained 'loss of tissue in a nail and finger' on his right hand when it became trapped under the bike during a spill.

Vinales headed for further medical checks in Barcelona to determine if surgeryꦜ will be needed, although the initial prognosis - from scans carried out at the circuit medical centre - is that he will not. UPDATE: Vinales does now look set to undergo surge♍ry.

"On the one side I'm h♎appy because we did a great pace🥂 and we have worked hard and well," said Vinales, who had been quickest in the Wednesday morning session, setting what looks like being the fastest lap of the day.

"Everyday I feel more comfortable on the bike and the 'connection' is very good. But the ꦫother side was the fall. It was a shame. Now we have to do our best to recover before Qatar."

Vinales will thus miss the final day of testing and look to return to 𝔉action during first pra🐽ctice for the Losail season-opener on April 4.

"Maverick's injury is a minor setback," said Laglisse team director and former grand prix winner Pablo Nieto. "Everything had been going so positively until now and it is unlucky. But we remain very optimi✨stic, because after the first examination at the circuit the doctors believe he will be able to ride without problems in Qatar."

Teenager 🦄Vinales won five races on FTR-Honda machinery in Moto3 last year, despite a dispute with the Blusens team that saw him miss the Malaysian Grand Prix.