PICTURES: Jacque down and out.

This is the accident that ruled Olivier Jacque out of Sunday's Catalan Grand Prix.

The 33-year-old highsided from his Kawasaki ZX-RR at turn five of the Spanish circuit, a slow hairpin corner, during Saturday morning's final free practice session - injuring his neck in the process.

After a check up at the paddock's Clinica Mobile, Jacque was taken to a nearby hospital in Barcelona for further evaluation and, as a result, was unable to qualify for Sunday's race.

Fortunately, the Frenchman did not receive any serious injuries in the fall, although he remains in hospital in Barcelona, under orders to rest. It now remains to be seen if the former 250cc world champion will be deemed fit to return to MotoGP action at the British Grand Prix on June 24, having already missed his home grand prix due to an arm injury sustained at Shanghai.

Jacque's team-mate Randy de Puniet qualified a career best second on the grid, then rode to fifth in the race despite a painful knee injury of his own.