Yamaha has confirmed that Jorge Lorenzo will miss this week's post-season test at Valencia as he continues his recovery.
The Spaniard injured his left hand in a crash during the warm-up for the Australian Grand Prix, missing that race and the following two in Malaysia and Valencia.
Yamaha said Lorenzo will be absent from this week's test, and that teammate Ben Spies will be the man in charge of carrying out testing duties on the 2012 1000cc YZR-M1 bike.