Marc Marquez injured in training crash
Marc Marquez was operated on overnight to treat a fracture to the little finger on his left hand, suffered while training dirt track. Marquez is now in doubt for next weekend’s Jerez MotoGP.
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has been successfully operated on this afternoon by Dr. Xavier Mir, Head of the Unit for Hand and Upper Extremities Pathology at the Hospital Universitario Quiron Dexeus in Barcelona.
Dr. Mir commented after the surgery that Marquez had, “attended the casualty department of the Hospital Universitario Quiron Dexeus having suffered a crash in training this morning.
“The patient presented a deformity to the little finger of his left hand and a subsequent X-Ray showed a fracture of the proximal phalanx, with displacement.
“Therefore, we decided to treat the injury – as we would in the case of any other patient – by fixing a titanium plate to his finger.
“This will allow us to initiate functional recovery after 24 hours and give him a chance of racing at Jerez.”
If Marquez can’t make Jerez, and teammate Dani Pedrosa’s fitness also still in doubt, it could be the case that Repsol Honda requires two stand-in riders for the Jerez MotoGP. Whether that is the case or not will not be determined until late in the week when Marquez can judge if he can successfull ride the event or not.
