Sete Gibernau to miss upcoming Qatar test

Veteran rider Sete Gibernau, who came out of retirement this year to ride with new satellite team, Francisco Hernandez Onde 2000, has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming Qatar test session, after aggravating an old shoulder injury that will require a period of complete rest.

Gibernau, who was recovering from a recent shoulder operation, visited doctors on Thurday at the Institut Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona where Doctor Ginebreda Marti diagnosed a slight ligament tear in his left shoulder due to the accumulation of physical exertion at the recent MotoGP tests in Malaysia and his demanding training programme