Moment of truth for Marc Marquez inches closer amid latest injury
The Repsol Honda rider has been included in the provisional entry list for the event whereas, for example, the injured Enಌea Bastianini has not.
But Marquez’s return to the bike will be entirely decided by doctors, who blocked h⛄is planned comeback last week in Jerez.
Marquez explained that the fracture in his hand, and the screws used to fix it, would not have withstood the power of braking a MoಞtoGP bike and might have ඣcaused further damage.
Another injury to this delicate bone could ꧅have ended Marquez’s career, he says.
But two weeks on from that disa🍎ppointment Ma🍒rquez will have another shot at returning.
He confirmed in Jerez, as he withdrew, that he would ta෴rget Le Mans as a more realistic return date.
The six-time MotoGP champion who entered 2023 injury-free after career-threaten🦩ing arm surgery last summer sustained this latest problem when he crashed into Miguel Oliveira on the third lap of the season-opener at Portimao.
The status of the ﷽double long lap penalty he was hit with remains unknown.
The MotoGP Court of Appeals are yet to deliver their final verdict, after Honda complained that the r﷽ule had been reworded to force Marquez to serve a penalty whenever he was fit again.
He si🐎ts ꦿ80 points behind championship-leader Francesco Bagnaia.
Marquez spent the weekend before Le Mans at the Motocross wor🐻ld championship.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports fꦅor a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
