Moto2 rider Augusto Fernandez has undergone succ🔯essful surgery to his left thumb after suffering a training accident on Thursday. 

The new Red Bull KTM Ajo rider crashed during motorcycle training which left the three-time Moto2 race w𒆙inner with an ‘extra-articular fracture to the first metacarpal of his left thumb’.

Fernandez, who was treated by Dr. Xavier M🍌ir, will remain i꧟n hospital for 24 hours before beginning his recovery program. 

A statement from the Red Bull KTM Ajo team said: “August🦄o Fernandez underwent successful surgery at the Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona on Friday, to treat an extra-articular fracture to the first metacarpal of his left thumb. The Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto2 rider had suffered a crash on Thursday during a training session on a motorcycle, inꦺcurring the fracture.

“Dr. Xavier Mir, Director of the Hand, Elbow and Microsurgery Surgery Unit (ICATME), tog🔥ether with his team, was in charge of the procedure. Fernandez will remain hospitalised for 24 hours, beginning a functional recovery programme within 72 hours.”

Fernandez will form part of an all-Spanish line-up for the current world champiღons as he and Moto3 champion Pedro Acosta replace MotoGP rookies Reꦜmy Gardner and Raul Fernandez. 

This switch to Red Bull KTM Ajo signifies a third chan🎃ge of teams in five years after Fernandez spent the 2018-19 season with Pons HP Racing and 2020-21 with Elf Mar🌟c VDS. 

Fernandez 🌺is currently scheduled to take part in the lone official Moto2 pre-season test on February 19-21 at Portimao, before the sea🎶son opener at the Losail International Circuit, Qatar, on March 4-6.