Nicky Hayden will return to MotoGP action during the second of D♍ucati's home Italian events at Misano this weekend.

The ಞAmerican has been side-lined since suffering two hand fractures in a qualifying fall at Indianapolis on A🍒ugust 18, during which he was also knocked briefly unconscious.

Still far from fully fit, Hayden is 💛nevertheless looking forward to getting back on🦄 track.

"I can't wait to get back on the track, but I know that it won't ༒be easy this weekend," said Hayden, who has slipped to ninth in the championship during his two-race absence.

"My ওhand is improving and one of the two fractu☂res is healing quickly, while the other metacarpal still has a pretty good fracture line.

"I've been able to keep up with my cardio training, and of course𒆙 I've been doing the norm🔯al rehab, including a visit to Dr Ting in California.

"Braking on these MotoGP൩ bikes puts a lot of stress on the right hand, particularly on a clockwise ci꧅rcuit like Misano.

"Nevertheless, racing at one of Ducati's home tracks is something that I enjoy, and I certainly hope to be able to do the r🍌ace.

"We'v🙈e got a coupl♏e of things stacked against us, but we'll see if we can put up a solid result and kick off a new positive stretch at Misano."

Hayden has taken a best raಞce finish of sixth, four tim⛦es this year.