Marc Marquez will not have good memories of his first Indonesian Grand Prix. If he remembers everything after this enormous shock to the head following the no less frightening fall from which he miraculously recovered, staggering, during the warm-up this Sunday morning. An accident which logically resulted in the participation of the Cervera rider in the MotoGP race which took place on a wet track in Mandalika. An event which started more than two hours late due to the rain…
The Catalan who now resides in Madrid had already shown during previous sessions that the Mandalika circuit was causing him problems. On Friday, he fell once, and on Saturday, the official Honda hit the tarmac violently twice during the mere quarter of an hour of Q1. Fortunately, all the falls were not serious for his physical condition, even if on Friday he found himself a little bruised after doing several laps on the hard and sharp gravel of Mandalika.
This morning, during the warm-up of the Indonesian Grand Prix, Márquez was quick to notice some grip issues at the rear of his Honda. The Spanish rider initially had to save a trick mid-session, but with just over a minute remaining before the checkered flag, he was brutally catapulted out of his RC213V before hitting the road hard. asphalt of Mandalika, taking a violent blow to the head which left him somewhat dazed.
Seeing Marc get up reassured his team and all the fans, but that didn't stop the team's driver Repsol Honda having to take a helicopter to a nearby hospital to undergo several tests and rule out major head injuries. A few hours later, Márquez returned to the Mandalika circuit and his team confirmed his absence from the race as a precaution.
Head trauma for Marc Marquez
It is with these words that Dr Angel Charte, medical manager of the championship, explains it: “ Mark is fine. He had a high energy drop in warm-up, which led to head trauma. We first examined him here and then referred him to a hospital in Lombok. There we subjected him to several x-ray tests which were negative. According to the driver and the team, and because this pathology requires an observation period of 12 to 24 hours, we all decided to consider it ».
Later, Marc was seen leaving his motorhome to send a reassuring message to the DAZN microphone: “ I'm fine, I'm fine. A little dazed but it's okay“, entrusted No. 93 to Natacha Alfageme with a slight smile, with a face marked by fatigue, and also wearing a small bandage on her right elbow.
The eight-time world champion will be able to take the next two weeks off before thinking about the next event in Argentina, which will be held at the Termas de Río Hondo track on the weekend of 2 and 3 April.
MotoGP Indonesia J3: ranking
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