Forward Racing has announced thꦆat Colin Edwards will miss the forthcoming French M🗹otoGP at Le Mans from May 18-20.

Edwards broke his collarbone into five🌃 pieces when fellow CRT rider Randy de Puniet fell and collected the Texan in qualifying at Estoril on Saturday.

It mark🍌ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚed the fourth time Edwards has fractured his left collarbone.

The 38-year-old underwent surgery in Barcelona on ꦛജMonday when a titanium plate with ten screws was inserted to help the injury heal.

Doctors, the team and Edwards all agree that he should not rush his recovery and the #5 thus intends to return for the Catalan rounꦬd on June 1-3.

In the meantime Forwa🌼rd Racing will field a replacement rider for Le Mans. "Several riders have approachedꩲ the team but no final decision will be made until tomorrow [Wednesday]," said a team statement.

Edwards 🐭has also taken ෴a personal interest in the substitute search, asking on his Twitter page @TexasTornado5 who fans would like to see ride his Suter-BMW.

𒀰A later posting hinted at a possible shortlist: "So if u had a ch🔴oice: Leon Haslam or Chris Vermeulen to ride my bike in Le Mans?"

Haslam races for the factory BMW team in World Superbikes, while currently unsigned Verme🌱ulen took a wet MotoGP win at Le Mans for Suzuki in 2007.

An update Tweet fr🦂om Edwards on Wednesday morning added: "So who's it gonna be on the Forward NGM MotoGP bike at LeMans? Tweet votes were close to 50/50... let's see what the Boss decides today :)"