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Tech3 Racing’s Remy Gardner is recovering from a fractured ankle sustained in another opening lap crash in Argentina on Sunday.

The Moto2 World Championship regular has crashed out of both Qatar and Argentina on the opening lap after being taken out in the mid-pack.

“I don’t know what to say – the bad luck has to stop soon,” Gardner said. “I felt good all weekend, we made a positive start on Friday and I was running well inside the top 10 in FP1. Qualifying we got caught a little bit by the weather, but I made a mistake on my last lap and that left me deep on the grid.

“In the race, well what can I say? I made another decent start and then got caught up in someone else’s accident. I will now fly back to Barcelona where Dr Mir will assess my ankle which was fractured in the crash and we will decide whether or not I need surgery.”

A frustrated Gardner will now return to Barcelona, where a decision will be made on whether or not he needs surgery to make a complete recovery.