Britain's Gino Rea is hoping to be fully fit for the upcoming Misano Moto2 round after injuring his hand in a peniltimate-lap crash at Silverstone on Sunday.

The Londoner crashed and broke the forth metacarpal in his right hand when his FTR-chassied machine spat him over the highside and out of 20th place after he had been battling with Danny Kent and Randy Krummenacher.

“We had a really positive race until the crash with just a lap and half to go. We changed the bike settings before the race so it took me some laps to get used to it and I didn’t get a great start. But then I came on quite strong. I caught the group with Marcel Schrotter and Elias and felt like I could beat them but was struggling on the back straight," said Rea.

"Unfortunately the bike snapped sideways unexpectedly and chucked me off coming out of Chapel corner. I've broke the 4th metacarpal in my right hand but I’ve cut my cast off already to start treatment on it. I hope to recover fast and be back for Misano in 9 days time. This is the first bone I’ve broke since I started road racing!

“It was nice to catch and battle with riders of top teams so I'm happy with our progress. My fastest lap of the weekend was in the race and we also had some other small issues with the bike that slowed me a little too. If I hadn’t have crashed I would have been around four seconds from scoring points so I’m pleased with that.”

“I’d like to say a huge thank you to my team for their hard work, my personal sponsors including PSi leathers and to all the fans for their support over the weekend. Being at a home Grand Prix is an amazing feeling and it’s nice to spend time with the home fans.”