The six-time MotoGP world champion announced that he will be sidelined indefinitely because he is going to undergo a new surgery
Marc Márquez’s accident at Mugello
It hasn’t been a pleasant season for Marc Márquez. The six-time MotoGP world champion suffered a spectacular accident this Saturday during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, which will be held on Sunday at the Mugello International Autodrome, and communicated through social networks that he will be out for an indefinite period because he will go back to undergo an operation on his right arm.
The resounding crash of Márquez occurred when Q2 of the eighth race of the 2022 season was starting. 29 years old lost control of his Hondain turn 2, just after overtaking the peloton, and fell to the asphalt in a spectacular way. The motorcycle tumbled several times and caught fire. Fortunately, Marc got to his feet and returned to the pits. Red flags immediately appeared to clean and recondition the ground.
The activity was able to resume and Márquez returned to the track but only did one lap before putting End your participation in Mugello. He had no chance of making a good record: he finished in 12th place, last in that Q2.
Once the session was over, the Catalan rider announced that next week he will undergo a new surgery on his left arm, the same one that was fractured in July 2020 and that already forced him to go through the operating room three times. “There is no point in continuing like this. When Dr. Sánchez-Sotelo called me yesterday [this Friday] and confirmed that I could have surgery, it was bad news, because I was missing another World Cup, but also very good news. Now I think I can get better. Right now every race is a nightmare, I’m in a lot of pain”, acknowledged Márquez a few minutes after falling violently.
In an extraordinary press conference Together with Alberto Puig, team leader of the Honda team, the Spanish multi-champion confirmed that he will race in Mugello before saying goodbye to the bike for a “ long time”. And although they did not rule out a possible return this year, everything indicates that the plan is for him not to return quickly to recover in the best way. The pilot himself announced his intention: “I want to enjoy it again in 2023″.
Although this new crash had no bearing on his decision to go through The operating room has not been the best way to face the last weekend before undergoing his fourth operation on his right humerus. The surgery is scheduled for Tuesday in the United States, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Minnesota), as announced by the Honda team. . The Catalan rider will then return to Spain to spend his convalescence time there and it will be then when a time off can be estimated.
MARC MÁRQUEZ’S MESSAGE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
I wanted to inform you that unfortunately I have to make a break in this 2022 season that will keep me away for a time of the competition.
After all these months of intense work with my new medical team in Madrid, my physical condition has improved, but despite having reduced the discomfort and pain in my arm, I still have significant limitations in my right humerus that do not allow me to ride the bike as I wish.
For this reason, after assessing this first part of the season with my medical team, and the advice of the doctors of the Mayo Clinic, we have made the decision to perform a new operation on my right humerus with the aim of improving my position on the bike so that I can ride without the current limitations.
It is not an easy decision for me, but I am fully prepared and excited to continue working and make an effort to return to competing at the highest level.
I want to thank all the support that my family, the Repsol Honda Team, the entire medical team has always shown me. co and especially to all the fans for always being there.