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Remy Gardner scored his second-career Moto2 World Championship points finish earlier after a controlled and sensible ride in Sunday’s sodden German GP at the Sachsenring.

Starting 21st, his best-ever grid position in the class, he made a steady start, gaining a few positions before running comfortably in the points for the majority of the race as those around him fell.

Dropping to 16th with six Laps to go, Gardner kept his rhythm to eventually finish a superb 12th at the flag, claiming a career-best and four valuable points in his first wet Moto2 race, much to the delight of the Tasca Scuderia Racing team.

“Qualifying didn’t go as planned, it would have been nicer to have a bit better result, but it wasn’t bad in the end,” Gardner said. “We tried to improve the rear, but we couldn’t really make any headway. In the few minutes of the session I got held up a bit by riders that were playing games so we had to be happy with where we ended up.

“The race was tough today, it was my first time on a Moto2 bike in the wet and whilst I wasn’t super-fast, our mission was to finish the race and we did that and the points were the cream on top of the cake. Today was more aout getting experience and understanding the bike in the wet and I needed a full race to do that.

“I wasn’t crazy fast but I was consistent and finishing races in these conditions pays off as we showed today. The whole weekend was good, we gained more confidence but the team is working really well, it’s more experience for us all and I’m sure that the next time it rains for a Moto2 race I will be much quicker.”

The Moto2 series now heads into the annual summer break, providing Gardner the chance to do a bit of spear-fishing, as well as returning to IDM Superstock 1000cc duty with MGM Yamaha, until the Red Bull Ring in Austria on 12-14 August.