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Sete Gibernau has been given the all clear to ride in Germany this weekend after breaking his collarbone last month and missing three races, his Ducati MotoGP team said.

The championship runner-up in 2003 and 2004 with Honda picked up the injury when he was involved in a multiple collision at the first corner of the Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona on 18 June. The race was restarted without Gibernau and he missed the following two rounds as well.

Ducati said that a medical on Monday had confirmed the injury had healed enough for the Spaniard to make his comeback at the Sachsenring. “The shoulder is recovering well and I have been working to get fit as fast as possible. It is a pity that I’ve lost three races but now I just want to ride my Desmosedici again,” the Spaniard said.

“Sachsenring won’t be the most comfortable circuit to ride with a collarbone injury,” he added. “It’s physically demanding because it’ s tight and slow, that’ s why the 250s can do similar lap times to MotoGP bikes.

“Anyway, I like the circuit and it holds good memories because I won there in 2003 and got second last year after a great race. I hope that all will go OK this time and that my shoulder won’t be too much of a problem.”

Gibernau returns in 13th place in the MotoGP standings, 109 points behind the American leader, Nicky Hayden. He had been ninth and 55 adrift of his Italian team-mate Loris Capirossi before his accident.