As Sylvain Guintoli, who has been there more often than not, said poetically on Canal+, “ it stings ". And for sure, it must be happening at the moment at Alex Marquez as at Sam Lowes. The two men offered themselves what we call a big volume, this Saturday, in Valencia, in their respective categories. We can easily imagine that they will not sleep soundly tonight…
When their body cools down and the adrenaline subsides, these painful events will be branded in their memory. Sam Lowes was examined and he returned with a bandaged wrist for his qualifications which were not brilliant. But in heroic circumstances, since the Englishman will set off 18rd.
To Alex Marquez, the examinations have taken place and we are awaiting the verdict. But the official Honda, initially stunned, made a point of leaving the arena standing. These pilots are definitely special beings... However, they test men.
Alex Marquez injured, his participation is on hold
Examinations have confirmed that the Honda official has bone edema in his left wrist, so his presence in tomorrow's race is still up in the air. Everything will depend on the warm-up, a session during which he will assess his physical condition to decide whether or not he will participate in the penultimate race of the season.
Álex Márquez in his team's press release on Saturday evening clarified: “Today was not an easy day. Firstly, the conditions were very difficult, not completely dry, not completely wet. As for Q1, I knew I had to push even if it was a bit risky, I was pushing hard to get a better lap time and unfortunately I had a big crash. I hit my hip and lower back, after a minute I was able to recover and tried to get out with the second bike but when the adrenaline wore off it was clear I couldn't no longer do another round. Now we have to see how the pain will be tomorrow » .
