Red Bull Ice One Racing Husqvarna’s Tyla Rattray will return to racing at this weekend’s Italian round of the MXGP World Championship at Trentino.

Rattray was sidelined during the opening three rounds of the season with a broken finger, which is now fully healed and allows him to make his anticipated Husqvarna MXGP debut alongside Todd Waters.

“I’m really excited to get back racing this weekend,” Rattray said. “It’s been a long five weeks sitting on the sidelines. Since my surgery on the Monday after the GP of Qatar my recovery has gone exactly to plan. Three weeks after the operation my surgeon removed the pin in my finger and then this week I was given the all clear to ride again.

“Unfortunately I’ve only ridden my FC 350 twice in the lead up to the GP of Trentino, but I’ve worked hard to keep my fitness levels high. My goal for this weekend is just to get some race miles under my belt.

“The second race will be tough but I know I’ve got at least one good moto in me to score a decent result. After that my aim is to be 100 percent by round six in Valkenswaard and finish at the sharp end of the results, where I know I belong.”

Rattray will ride an FC 350 this season, while Australia’s Waters campaigns the more traditional FC 450 in the premier class.