There is light at the end of the tunnel for Marc Marquez, and the fears are receding that it might be an oncoming train.
Today, the Repsol Honda team announced that the results of Marquez’ medical assessment performed this week were positive, and the consolidation of bone in his fractured humerus was proceeding well.
Continuing the release of MotoGP liveries for the 2021 season, next up we have the Repsol Honda squad, with their new rider Pol Espargaro. We can spot 11 changes to the Repsol Honda livery for the 2021 season, can you name them all?
Episode 187 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one dives back into the team launches for the MotoGP Championship, as we look at Repsol Honda’s team debut for the season.
To handle that topic, we have Neil Morrison, Steve English, David Emmett, and Adam Wheeler on the mics, and before they weigh-in on Repsol Honda’s bold new graphics, they each give a moment and some thoughts about Fausto Gresini, who recently passed away after battling COVID-19.
His absence in the grand prix paddock will surely be felt, and he will be missed. If you would like to get a fuller picture of the man, there is also this obituary by Mat Oxley on Motor Sport Magazine.
Episode 176 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one starts our review of the 2020 MotoGP Championship season, as we take a look at the fates of the various manufacturers.
On the mics, we have Neil Morrison and our newest member to the show, Adam Wheeler (from the magazine On-Track Off-Road).
Taking the manufacturers two at a time, this episode focuses on the results of the Yamaha and Honda squads during the year.
Marc Marquez is to remain in hospital in Madrid after surgery on his right arm. The Spaniard had an operation to attach a plate and a bone graft to promote bone growith on the humerus he fractures at Jerez.
A sample was taken of the fractured bone, and that showed signs of infection. That is not uncommon in non-union fractures such as that suffered by Marquez. The Repsol Honda rider is being treated with antibiotics for the infection.
Marc Márquez has undergone a third operation on the fractured right humerus he injured at the opening round at Jerez, and then broke again some ten days later.
After many hours of speculation, the Repsol Honda team issued a press release confirming earlier reports that the Spaniard had undergone an operation at the Clinica Ruber in Madrid, to fit a new plate and take a bone graft from his hip to promote bone growth.
The third operation was deemed necessary after the fracture has failed to heal as quickly as hoped.
Marc Marquez has finally confirmed what had long been known.
The Repsol Honda rider announced via social media – and the Repsol Honda team confirmed it in a press release – that he will not make a return to racing in 2020.
He is focused on his recovery, and will attempt to be fit for the start of the 2021 season.
For the past couple of months, rumors have been doing the rounds that Spanish oil giant Repsol was about to withdraw its sponsorship of the factory Honda squad, and Red Bull would step in to take over as title sponsor.
Marc Marquez will not be returning to race at MotoGP at any point in the near future, and may not return at all in 2020.
Today, the Repsol Honda team issued a press release lacking in much detail beyond the fact that they will delay Marc Marquez’ return until he is fully recovered from the injury to his right humerus that he suffered at the first race in Jerez.
With Marc Marquez going back into surgery yesterday, and being held for 48 hours in the hospital afterwards, the Spaniard’s participation in the upcoming Czech GP this weekend was certainly put into doubt.
And now, we know the reality, as Repsol Honda has announced that test rider Stefan Bradl will ride in the factory-backed MotoGP team for the race in Brno in Marquez’s place.
After withdrawing from the Andalucia GP, Marc Marquez was back under the surgeon’s knife today, tending to his right humerus bone that he broke during the race at the Spanish GP just two weeks ago.
After plating the humerus bone, Marquez had entered the Andalucia GP with the hopes of salvaging his title hopes, but the Repsol Honda rider failed to qualify, as he returned to the pits after his out-lap during the qualifying session.
Now, it has become clear that Marquez’s race weekend was hampered by the fact that titanium plate on his arm had been damaged, due to stress accumulation.