Seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss the upcoming Aragon Grand Prix.
The Italian, 41, revealed he is also expected to be sidelined for next weekend's Teruel Grand Prix at the same venue.
Rossi becomes the first MotoGP rider to contract the illness.
He tweeted: "Unfortunately this morning I woke up and I was not feeling good.
"My bones were sore and I had a slight fever, so I immediately called the doctor who tested me twice.
"The 'quick PCR test’ result was negative, just like the test I underwent on Tuesday.
"But the second one, of which the result was sent to me at 4pm this afternoon, was unfortunately positive.
"I am so disappointed that I will have to miss the race at Aragon."
— Valentino Rossi (@ValeYellow46) October 15, 2020
