Marc Marquez returns to MotoGP after a three-month break since his last arm operation, but he won't be 100% until next winter.
About Luigi Ciamburo de Motoracing
The long wait is over, Marc Marquez is ready to return to the track three months after his last arm operation. Arriving in the MotoGP paddock Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, he followed the work of his team from inside the garage, today it will be time to go out with his Honda RC213V. He received the green light to participate in the Misano test from the World Championship medical team led by Dr. Ange Charte. On Monday he cycled across the asphalt of the Adriatic, alongside his brother Alex, now it's time to get down to business and first assess his physical condition.
Only the end of the first day of MotoGP testing will allow Marc Marquez and for the team to communicate if we see him again on Wednesday. The absolute priority is not to strain the right humerus of the HRC pilot in order to avoid the danger of tendinitis. " What is certain is that this test is a priority for me, to understand what my physical conditions are – he stressed to the press during the weekend in San Marino -. Only later, if I see that I will be able to ride at a decent pace, will I be able to think about making my contribution to the innovations that HRC has brought ". We are already talking about a new aluminum frame made by Kalex, in any case we will have to grit our teeth and leave some feedback on the table of the Japanese engineers.
The team leader Alberto puig hoped to have it in these two days in Misano and was satisfied. “ We have to understand what he went through before we see him back here happy and excited. It's very important, first of all for him – said the former Catalan pilot -. We are very happy that he is here to participate in the test and give us indications with the knowledge he has of this motorcycle. He is the most experienced driver we have and the one who has won the most races ". At the moment it is difficult to predict even if we will see him again in Aragon in just over a week, a track that has always been favorable to the Cervera phenomenon. ” The doctor has already told us that although the bone is fused, it will have muscle discomfort and we will not have to overload it ".
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Marc Marquez: “ I still have a long way to go »
Honda hopes that the indications of Marc Marquez will be useful to correct the course of a development that has never taken off and to emerge from an unprecedented crisis phase. The project manager Takeo Yokoyamaha should abandon his post, other heads could jump to the top of the HRC. But now the focus is on the data the six-time MotoGP champion is expected to release. “ These last two weeks I pushed a little to be here, I know that this event is very important for the future of Honda ».
He did not want to focus on the two private tests last week, Wednesday and Friday, contested in Aragon. After the scan at the end of August, doctors gave him the green light to return to the road. He did it with a CBR600RR, and not with the RC213V-S, the road version of his MotoGP, as happened in March 2021 in Portimao before his return. To demonstrate that the watchword is “caution”.
It takes time to see him in top form, which he will reach this winter at the earliest. “ For the moment I have confirmed my presence on Tuesday for the tests and then on Wednesday we will see how I get up and if I know how to drive or not ", added Marc Marquez. It will be an ongoing situation from hour to hour, day to day, to understand if he can finally return to MotorLand or it will be better to wait so as not to waste all the efforts of the last two years. “ The doctors say I can take the last steps from now on and maybe during the winter. The important thing is that I have an acceptable level to ride a motorcycle. But that's still not what I want. I still have a long way to go ».
