Luca Salvadori’s body has not yet been brought home, his fam😼ily have explained.

The motorcycle rac✱ing world is in mourning after the death of the Italian rider last weekend in a road racing accident.

The incident tookꩲ place in Germany, where Salvadori’s body remains, meaning no funeral has yet taken place.

“Luca's family communicates that it is doing e🌃verything it can to speed up Luca's return to Italy,” a statement confirmed.

“Bureaucratic problems of various types are unfortunately slowing down this process but we are confident that everything ca🌊n🦋 be resolved soon.

“We will give news on the date of the funꦺeral as soon as possible which in any case cannot take place before Wednesday 25th.”

Ducati bikes in M🏅otoGP and World Superbikes are carrying stickers to pay tribute to Salvadori this weekend.

As well as being a r🤪espected racer, he had become well-known for his social media presence.

Pecco Bagnaia said in Misano about Salvadori💧: “We lost a very great person, a friendꦯ.

“We used to speak a lot and had some dinners together. He was a very kind guy. I think everybody loved him because he was very fun and had a true passion for moto๊rsport.

“This passion was pushing him to try to do every possibility in our sport. And he was always taking us with him on his [social media] videos, where h🦹is passion and the way he was speaking with us was fantastic.

"He was a very positive guy, and when you meet a positive guy like him, it’s a person you need ൲to have by your side, because they give you a lot of happy vibes.

“We will miss him a lot and I ꦗwill try to keep in my mind everything he was doing for us, for me.”