Hunter Lawrence injured!

Hunter Lawrence has had a tough season so far and things got worse in timed training on Saturday at Arco when he crashed and injured his hand.

The Aussie tried to ride the qualifying race but pulled out after a couple of laps and it was later diagnosed that his hand was broken, according to Paul Malin.  It means Hunter is out for today’s races and probably the next few weeks – ending his hopes of a world title before he goes to the States next season.

Lawrence has released the following update:

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Hard to swallow this weekends results of not being able to race due to a crash in time practice . Got an X-ray done and thought it was just muscle damage as everything looked ok we tried to ride quali race but after 5 laps of not being able to hold on and just circulating we pulled in to try and save myself for Sunday’s races but went and got it checked out more and found out i have a broken metacarpal in my right hand . So now focus on recovery to get back to what I love doing as soon as I can . Sorry to everyone i let down, thankyou to my family and friends for all your support, big thankyou to the team and my mechanic! and all my great sponsors and thanks to my badass girlfriend for playing nurse and helping out a tonne this weekend. #i’llbeback💪🏽

A post shared by Hunter Lawrence (@hunterlawrence) on Apr 8, 2018 at 9:55am PDT